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窮 — hard up, destitute, suffer

N1 15 strokes #1756 most common

Stroke order · 15 strokes

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Readings

音 キュウ、キョウ
訓 きわめる、きわまる、きわまり、きわみ
Meaning hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
नेपाली सङ्कटमा पर्नु · साँघुरो

How to remember it

穴あな र 躬きゅう — साँघुरो/सङ्कट; 窮屈きゅうくつ = साँघुरो/असजिलो।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

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Practice sheets

A4 grid to print and write on.

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Words using 窮

  • 窮屈きゅうくつ cramped/tight साँघुरो/असजिलो course
  • 窮地きゅうち predicament सङ्कटपूर्ण अवस्था course
  • 窮乏きゅうぼう poverty गरिबी course
  • 困窮こんきゅう destitution आर्थिक सङ्कट course
  • 窮状きゅうじょう distressing situation दयनीय अवस्था course
  • 窮余きゅうよ last resort सङ्कटको अन्तिम उपाय course

Example sentences

I stay in a cramped, tight space.
साँघुरो र असजिलो ठाउँमा बस्छु।
I'm put in a predicament by the bankruptcy.
कम्पनी टाट पल्टेर सङ्कटमा पर्छु।