困 kùn

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Traditional form

困 kùn

Contains the radical

囗 wéi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A fence 囗 wéi built around a tree 木 Mù

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿴囗木

Explanation

Depicts a tree (木 Mù ) being surrounded (囗 wéi ).

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 困 kùn in different contexts.

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困难 kùnnan 的 de 是 shì 如何 rúhé 为 wéi 该 gāi 杂志 zázhì 组 Zǔ 到 dào 足够 zú gòu 多 duō 的 de 好 hǎo 材料 cáiliào .

The difficulty is to get enough good copy to fill the magazine.

你 nǐ 有 yǒu 困难 kùnnan 时 shí 谁 shuí 都 dōu 会 huì 帮助 bāngzhù 你 nǐ .

Anyone will help you when you meet with difficulties.

少时闲 xián 混 hún , 老 lǎo 来 lái 穷困 qióng kùn .

A young man idle , an old man needy.

随着 suízhe 俄国人 É guó rén 的 de 向 Xiàng 东 Dōng 推进 tuī jìn ,供给 gōngjǐ 线 xiàn 不断 bùduàn 延长 Yáncháng ,保证 bǎozhèng 粮食 liángshi 的 de 供应 gōng yìng 越发 yuè fā 困难 kùnnan .

Russians pushing east moved ever farther from secure supplies of grain.

在 zài 海拔 hǎibá 高 Gāo 的 de 地方 dìfāng 会 huì 感到 gǎn dào 呼吸 hūxī 困难 kùnnan .

At high altitudes it is difficult to breathe.

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 困 kùn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
困难 kùnnan	difficult	困難
困 kùn	to trap	困 kùn
困扰 kùn rǎo	to perplex	困擾
贫困 pínkùn	poverty	貧困
困惑 kùn huò	bewildered	困惑 kùn huò
困境 kùn jìng	plight	困境 kùn jìng
穷困 qióng kùn	destitute	窮困
围困 wéi kùn	to besiege	圍困
困苦 kùn kǔ	deprivation	困苦 kùn kǔ
犯困 fàn kùn	(coll.) to get sleepy	犯睏
困窘 kùn jiǒng	embarrassment	困窘 kùn jiǒng
困倦 kùn juàn	tired	困倦 kùn juàn
困顿 kùn dùn	fatigued	困頓
扶贫济困 fú pín jì kùn	to help the poor	扶貧濟困
困厄 kùn è	in deep water	困厄 kùn è
困觉 kùn jiào	(dialect) to sleep	睏覺
春困 chūn kùn	spring fatigue	春困 chūn kùn
扶危济困 fú wēi jì kùn	to help those in distress (idiom)	扶危濟困
困守 kùn shǒu	to stand a siege	困守 kùn shǒu
发困 fā kùn	to get sleepy	發睏