困

quandary, become distressed, annoyed

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

こま.る

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:7

JLPT:N3

Frequency:843

Vocabulary

コン

Word	Reading	Meaning
困難	コンナン	difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
困惑	コンワク	bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
貧困	ヒンコン	poverty; penury; need; destitution; shortage; lack; want
困窮	コンキュウ	poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
困苦	コンク	privation; hardship

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
困り果てる	こまりはてる	to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
困る	こまる	to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed; to be badly off; to be hard up; to be in straitened circumstances
困らせる	こまらせる	to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out; to put on the spot; to inconvenience
困り者	こまりもの	good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
困りきる	こまりきる	to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed

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