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kùn

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kùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kùn | kun4
English translation
to surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy

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About kùn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

kùn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Etymology of kùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目困

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

kùn

Explanation

Depicts a tree () being surrounded ( wéi ).

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Words with kùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
困难 kùnnan difficult困難
kùn to trap 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

kùn Decomposition & Compounds

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