困 – quandary, become distressed, annoyed

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#843 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 困 means quandary, become distressed, annoyed. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コン (kon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こま.る (komaru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 囗 (no. 31).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コン	kon
Kun’yomi	こま.る	komaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 囗 (Kangxi radical 31). Components: 木・囗.

Words using 困

困るこまるto be troubled困難こんなんdifficulty貧困ひんこんpoverty

Example sentences

困ったら私に助けを求めなさい。

Turn to me for help if you are in difficulty.

Tatoeba #171017

僕はしばしばお金に困る。

I am often in difficulties.

Tatoeba #82088

彼の言ってる事を理解するのは困難だ。

I found it difficult to understand what he was saying.

Tatoeba #117542

Kanji with the same radical

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