| Kanji | 窮 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | キュウ、キョウ |
| Kunyomi | きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み |
| English | hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered |
| Examples | 窮屈(きゅうくつ): narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained 窮乏(きゅうぼう): poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1756 |
| Components | 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 躬: body; self |
| Number of Strokes | 15 |
| Kanji Radical | 穴 |
| Radical Number | 116 |
| Radical Strokes | 5 |
| Radical Reading | あな・あなかんむり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | hard up |
| Koohii Story 1 | Hard up = nothing but your body, living in a hole, with just a bow to hunt for your food. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Somebody so hard up for cash, the volunteered to explore a black hole with nothing but a bow. |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000
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