Kanji1 / 15
窮 kanji
hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キュウキョウ
Kun readings
きわめるきわまるきわまりきわみ
Variant forms
竆Words with 窮
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —急性呼吸窮迫症候群acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS
- —窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さずeven the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
- —窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さずeven the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
- —窮極ultimate; final; last; eventual
- —追窮thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
- —万事窮すthere is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
- —窮鼠猫をかむa cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
- —窮鼠ネコを噛むa cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
- —窮鼠ネコをかむa cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward