困 (kùn)
to be trapped; difficult; hard-pressed
How 困 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Traditional
- 困
- Simplified
- 困 (unchanged)
Components
- 囗 enclosure
- 木 tree
Common words using 困
- 困境 kùnjìng
- predicament; in difficulty
- 困惑 kùnhuò
- bewildered; perplexed; confused
- 困擾 kùnrǎo
- to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications
- 困難 kùnnan
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances
- 貧困 pínkùn
- impoverished; poverty
- 交困 jiāokùn
- beset with difficulties
- 人困馬乏 rénkùnmǎfá
- riders tired and horses weary; worn out; exhausted
- 受困 shòukùn
- trapped; stranded
- 困倦 kùnjuàn
- tired; weary
- 困守 kùnshǒu
- to stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city
- 困局 kùnjú
- dilemma; predicament; difficult situation
- 困窘 kùnjiǒng
- embarrassment
困 in a sentence
我們被困在電梯裡了。
Wǒmen bèi kùn zài diàntī lǐ le.
“We are trapped in the elevator.”
How common is 困?
困 is the 866th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.7% of all running text.
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