困窮

Chinese
distress; sleepy; doze off exhausted; poor
trad. (困窮) 困 窮
simp. (困穷) 困 穷
anagram 窮困／穷困

Pronunciation

Adjective

困窮

  1. impoverished; destitute; poverty-stricken

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
困 窮
こん
Grade: 6		 きゅう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こんきゅう [kòńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

困(こん)窮(きゅう) • (konkyū) 

  1. poverty, destitution
  2. having great difficulty with, struggling, being in distress

Verb

困(こん)窮(きゅう)する • (konkyū suru) suru (stem 困(こん)窮(きゅう)し (konkyū shi), past 困(こん)窮(きゅう)した (konkyū shita))

  1. to be poor, to be in need

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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