The kanji 窮: meaning, readings and stroke order

窮

Meaning: be stuck, extreme
On reading: キュウ kyuu
Kun reading: きわ（める） kiwameru、きわ（まる） kiwamaru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 穴 cave
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cùng quẫn, tận cùng (cùng)
Japanese: こまりはてる。とことんきわめる。
Korean: 궁하다, 다하다 (궁)
Chinese: 困窘、穷尽 (穷)

Readings, words and example sentences

キュウ kyuu · on reading · less common

窮きゅう地ち
tight spot, predicament
窮きゅう地ちからぬけ出します。
They get out of a tight spot.

きわ（める） kiwameru · kun reading · less common

窮きわめる
to get to the bottom of, to go to the very end
科学者は真理を 窮きわめます。
Scientists search for the truth to the very end.

きわ（まる） kiwamaru · kun reading · less common

窮きわまる
to come to a dead end
進退が 窮きわまりました。
I couldn't go forward or back.

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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.