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況

Condition
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョウ
Kun readingいわん.や
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 25

Meanings

  1. condition
  2. situation
    彼は状況を理解するのに多少の時間がかかった。It took him a while to realize the situation.tatoeba
    彼は状況を判断してからすぐ行動に移った。He sized up the situation and acted immediately.tatoeba
  3. but of courseRtK

Popular Usage

状況

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
況
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · elder brother · teenager · mouth (口) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 156

Compound words

状況じょうきょう
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
現況げんきょう
present condition
進捗状況しんちょくじょうきょう
state of progress
概況がいきょう
outlook; general situation
活況かっきょう
activity; briskness; prosperity
近況きんきょう
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
好況こうきょう
prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom; thriving business; brisk market
市況しきょう
market conditions
実況じっきょう
actual state (of things); actual conditions; actual scene; reporting live; live broadcast
盛況せいきょう
success; prosperity; boom
不況ふきょう
(economic) depression; recession; slump
戦況せんきょう
war situation; progress of a battle
作況指数さっきょうしすう
rice-crop index
状況報告じょうきょうほうこく
situation report; status report; progress report
苦況くきょう
difficult situation
景況けいきょう
situation
況してまして
still more
経済状況けいざいじょうきょう
economic conditions

Additional Examples

彼は状況を十分に知っている。
He knows the situation well enough.tatoeba
彼はその状況について綿密な分析をした。
He made a close analysis of the situation.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Situation. 氵 (water) + 兄 — how the water flows, so things go. 状況 — situation.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 況

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step