困

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

kùn ㄎㄨㄣˋ

  1. 困
    • to trap
  2. 困
    • to surround
  3. 困
    • hard-pressed
  4. 困
    • stranded
  5. 困
    • destitute
  6. 睏
    • sleepy
  7. 睏
    • tired

Classifiers (measure words)

sleepy

Usually

Less often

tired

Other words read kùn

kun with other tones

  • 坤 kūn female principle
  • 昆 kūn descendant
  • 捆 kǔn bunch
  • 髡 kūn scalping
  • 堃 kūn surname Kun

All 21 words read kun in any tone

Other words read kùn

In the same tone

  • 睏 kùn sleepy

kun with other tones

  • 坤 kūn female principle
  • 崑 kūn (also used for transliteration)
  • 捆 kǔn bunch
  • 髡 kūn scalping
  • 堃 kūn surname Kun

All 21 words read kun in any tone

How 困 is written

    部首 radical
    囗
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    全包围结构
    偏旁 parts
    囗木

    Easy to confuse with 困

    Words with 困

    Starting with 困

    All 16 words starting with 困

    Ending with 困

    • 贫困 pínkùn impoverished
    • 围困 wéikùn besiege
    • 穷困 qióngkùn destitute
    • 脱困 tuōkùn get out of a difficult situation
    • 受困 shòukùn trapped

    All 19 words ending with 困

    Containing 困

    All 11 words containing 困

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