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hard up
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingキュウ、キョウ
Kun readingきわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hard upRtK
  2. destitute
  3. suffer
  4. perplexed
  5. cornered
  1. narrow
  2. tight
  3. cramped
  4. formal
  5. stiff

Popular Usage

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Radicals and components

Radical穴caveComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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hole · house · human legs (儿) · somebody · nose (鼻) · bow (弓)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1424

Compound words

窮屈きゅうくつ
narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff
窮乏きゅうぼう
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
窮状きゅうじょう
distress; wretched condition
窮地きゅうち
dilemma; predicament
困窮こんきゅう
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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