困 — gon

Parts that make up 困

How 困 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 困 as a ideographic compound involving 囗, 木.

Korean example words with 困

• 곤경困境 Korean gloss: 어려운 형편이나 처지
• 곤기困氣 Korean gloss: 고단한 기색이나 느낌
• 곤침困寢 Korean gloss: 고단하여 잠이 깊이 듦
• 혼곤昏困 Korean gloss: 정신이 흐릿하고 고달픔
• 곤황困況 Korean gloss: 몹시 딱하고 어려운 상황
• 춘곤春困 Korean gloss: 봄날에 느끼는 나른한 기운
• 곤혹困惑 Korean gloss: 곤란한 일을 당하여 어찌할 바를 모름
• 노곤路困 Korean gloss: 먼 길에 지치고 시달려서 생긴 피로나 병
• 곤액困厄 Korean gloss: 몹시 딱하고 어려운 사정과 재앙이 겹친 불운
• 곤궁困窮 Korean gloss: 처지가 이러지도 저러지도 못하게 난처하고 딱함
• 곤작困作 Korean gloss: 글을 애써 가며 더디 지음. 또는 그렇게 쓴 글
• 노곤하다勞困 Korean gloss: 나른하고 피로하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 困

• 困難こんなん difficulty; hardship; trouble
• 貧困ひんこん poverty; penury; need
• 困惑こんわく bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment
• 困り果てるこまりはてる to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied
• 困窮こんきゅう poverty; need; destitution
• 困るこまる to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix
• 困苦こんく privation; hardship
• 困憊こんぱい exhaustion; fatigue
• 困却こんきゃく perplexity; dilemma
• 困厄こんやく distress; disaster
• 困蹶こんけつ being in a difficult position; being in a tight corner
• 困窮者こんきゅうしゃ the poor; the needy; the destitute

Characters sharing the phonetic 困

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “곤” in Korean.

Other hanja read “곤”

Other hanja with radical 囗