The kanji 困: meaning, readings and stroke order

困

Meaning: be in trouble
On reading: コン kon
Kun reading: こま（る） komaru
Strokes: 7
Radical: 囗 enclosure
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khó xử, gặp khó (khốn)
Japanese: こまる。
Korean: 곤란하다, 힘들다 (곤)
Chinese: 为难、困难

Readings, words and example sentences

コン kon · on reading

困こん難なん
difficulty, hard
困こん難なんな仕事を引き受けます。
He takes on a hard job.

こま（る） komaru · kun reading

困こまる
to be in trouble, to not know what to do
かさをわすれて 困こまりました。
I forgot my umbrella, so I was in trouble.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.