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困

kùn

HSK 4 Character

What 困 means

1. to trap
2. to surround
3. hard-pressed
4. stranded
5. destitute

Other readings

困 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kùnsleepy; tired

Example sentences

• 困了。
  I'm sleepy.
• 困死了。
  I'm exhausted.
• 你困吗？
  Are you tired?
• 困了吗？
  Are you tired?
• 我很困！
  I'm so tired!
• 我困了。
  I'm sleepy.

Words starting with 困

• 困难kùn nandifficult; challenging; straitened circumstances
• 困惑kùn huòbewildered; perplexed; confused
• 困境kùn jìngpredicament; plight
• 困扰kùn rǎoto perplex; to disturb; to cause complications
• 困苦kùn kǔdeprivation; distressed; miserable
• 困倦kùn juàntired; weary
• 困顿kùn dùnfatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken
• 困窘kùn jiǒngembarrassment
• 困意kùn yìsleepiness; drowsiness
• 困守kùn shǒuto stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city
• 困局kùn júdilemma; predicament; difficult situation
• 困觉kùn jiào(dialect) to sleep
• 困难在于kùn nan zài yúthe problem is...
• 困厄kùn èin deep water; difficult situation
• 困兽犹斗kùn shòu yóu dòua cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay
• 困惑不解kùn huò bù jiěto feel perplexed

Words containing 困

• 贫困pín kùnimpoverished; poverty
• 穷困qióng kùndestitute; wretched poverty
• 围困wéi kùnto besiege
• 受困shòu kùntrapped; stranded
• 交困jiāo kùnbeset with difficulties
• 危困wēi kùngrave situation
• 犯困fàn kùn(colloquial) to get sleepy
• 发困fā kùnto get sleepy
• 被困bèi kùnto be trapped; to be stranded
• 贫困率pín kùn lǜpoverty rate
• 不为酒困bù wéi jiǔ kùnnot a slave to the bottle; able to enjoy alcohol in moderation; able to hold one's drink
• 经济困境jīng jì kùn jìngeconomic difficulty
• 贫困地区pín kùn dì qūpoor region; impoverished area
• 道德困境dào dé kùn jìngethical dilemma
• 面临困难miàn lín kùn nánto be faced with problems
• 脱困tuō kùnto get out of a difficult situation
• 人困马乏rén kùn mǎ fáriders tired and horses weary (idiom); worn out; exhausted
• 春困chūn kùnspring fatigue; spring fever
• 内忧外困nèi yōu wài kùninternal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
• 扶危济困fú wēi jì kùnto help those in distress (idiom)
• 扶贫济困fú pín jì kùnto help the poor; almsgiving for the needy; to assist poor households or poor regions
• 济危扶困jì wēi fú kùnto help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
• 济困扶危jì kùn fú wēito help those in distress (idiom)
• 疲困pí kùn(literary) tired; fatigued; (economics) weak

Characters built on 木

These share the phonetic component 木 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 棍gùnstick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
• 椿chūnChinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)…
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 榫sǔn(cabinetmaking) tenon

Characters that look like 困

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 囤dùnbin for grain