Definify.com

Definition 2025

困

困

困 U+56F0, 困
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F0
← 囯
[U+56EF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囱 →
[U+56F1]
See also: 睏

Translingual

Han character

困 (radical 31 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田木 (WD) or X田木 (XWD), four-corner 60904, composition ⿴囗木)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 217, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4717
  • Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 714, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+56F0

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 困

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 困
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦悶切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰuənH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰuonH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰwənH/
Li
Rong		 /kʰuənH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kùn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 困
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kùn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khwonH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰˤu[n]-s/
English obstruct; distress

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 困
Reading # 1/1
No. 7554
Phonetic
component		 困
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 困
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰuːns/

Definitions

困

  1. to surround, besiege
  2. to be surrounded
  3. difficult
  4. 47th hexagram of the I Ching
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 困 – see 睏.
(This character, 困, is the simplified form of 睏.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

困

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

Korean

Hanja

困 • ‎(gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune-Reischauer kon)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

困 (khốn, khuôn)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Similar Results