窮

窮 — hard up, destitute, suffer

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1756 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きゅう kyuu

きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: きわ.める kiwa.meru

きわ.まる kiwa.maru

きわ.まり kiwa.mari

きわ.み kiwa.mi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 窮

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