困 (kwan3 | kun4) : in poverty; surround; stranded; trap; tired

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困

kwan3

kun4

[1] poverty-stricken; difficult; hard
[2] surround; besiege; encircle; trap
[3] stranded; hard-pressed; afflicted
[4] sleepy; tired out; exhausted

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 囗 (#31)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

困

Don't confuse with:
因

This word has been viewed 10258 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jun 2018 17:27

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困難 kwan3 naan4 kun4 nan5 = difficult; hard

困擾 kwan3 jiu2 kun4 rao3 = perplex; puzzle; plague

困境 kwan3 ging2 kun4 jing4 = [1] predicament; [2] in difficulty

貧困 pan4 kwan3 pin2 kun4 = impoverished

被困 bei6 kwan3 bei4 kun4 = to be trapped or surrounded

困難在於 kwan3 naan4 zoi6 jyu1 kun4 nan2 zai4 yu2 = the problem is...

面臨困難 min6 lam4 kwan3 naan4 mian4 lin2 kun4 nan2 = to be faced with problems

困惑 kwan3 waak6 kun4 huo4 = confused; puzzled

受困 sau6 kwan3 shou4 kun4 = [v] be trapped, stranded

困苦 kwan3 fu2 kun4 ku3 = [adj] poor; miserable
See all 17 compounds (CantoDict reports 19 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 困

消防員救出被困電梯內嘅三人。粵
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.

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Decimal representation of this word: 困
Unicode code for this character: U+56f0 (off-site link)

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