窮 [穷] qióng
adjective
: poor; destitute
: to use up; to exhaust
: thoroughly; extremely
: (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
Kun Reading
窮み | きわみ kiwami
noun
: height; acme; extremity
窮まる | きわまる kiwamaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end
窮める | きわめる kiwameru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master
窮す | きゅうす kyuusu
godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
: to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
窮する | きゅうする kyuusuru
suru verb – special class
: to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
: to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
On Reading
キュウ kyuu、
キョウ kyou
