困 kùn
verb | adjective
: to trap; to surround
: hard-pressed; stranded; destitute
睏 [困] kùn
adjective
: sleepy; tired
困 | こまる komaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped
困 | こうじる koujiru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
困 | こうずる kouzuru
zuru verb | intransitive verb
: to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered
: (Archaism) to become exhausted
困 | こまらせる komaraseru
ichidan verb
: to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out; to put on the spot; to inconvenience
こん kon
noun
: cause; factor
: (Buddhist term) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)
: the basis of one’s argument (in hetuvidya)
困難[难] kun4nan: difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
[こんなん kunnan: difficulty; distress]
困境 kun4jing4: predicament; in difficulty
困擾[扰] kun4rao3: to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications
困苦 kun4ku3: deprivation; distressed; miserable
[こんく konku: privation; hardship]
困惑 kun4huo4: bewildered; perplexed; confused; difficult problem; perplexity
[こんわく konwaku: bewilderment; disturbance]
貧[贫]困 pin2kun4: impoverished; poverty
[貧困 | ひんこん hinkon: poverty; lack]
交困 jiao1kun4: beset with difficulties
危困 wei1kun4: grave situation
受困 shou4kun4: trapped; stranded
圍[围]困 wei2kun4: to besiege
睏覺[困觉] kun4 jiao4: (dialect) to sleep
Japanese common word / expression
困り者 | こまりもの komari mono: good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
困った人 | こまったひと komatta hito
: difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass
困難に陥れる | こんなんにおとしいれる konnan ni otoshiireru
: to put (a person) in a fix
生活に困る | せいかつにこまる seikatsu ni komaru
: to live in want
Chinese idiom
濟[济]危扶困 ji4 wei1 fu2 kun4
: to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy
形声 Pictophonetic.
目 (mu4: eye) suggests the meaning while
困 (kun4: to surround) provides the sound.
简写 Simplified.
困. Created as unique simplification #143 (睏 » 困) via omission of part of the traditional character.
Look-alike:
因 yin1: because; cause; reason
[kun: よる yoru, よすが yosuga, ちなむ chinamu, ちなみに chinamini, よって yotte.
on: いん in]
Examples:
你困了嗎？ 我困了。
ni3 kun4 le ma? wo3 kun4 liao.
Are you sleepy already? I’m sleepy already.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
