困

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

Stroke order

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

• 梱, 捆, 涃, 悃, 焑, 祵 硱, 睏, 稇, 裍, 綑 齫, 閫(阃)

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“surround”) + 木 (“wood”). Probably the original form of 梱 (OC *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”) and 閫 (OC *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”).

simp. and trad.		困

困

1. to surround; to besiege
2. to be surrounded; to be trapped

   困𨋢／困䢂 [Cantonese]  ―  wan³ lip¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to be trapped in an elevator

3. (Cantonese) to lock up; to detain
   • 1965, “最緊要好玩 (攪笑版)”, in 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑, 泰迪羅賓, and 徐克:

     屋企各人困青山 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     uk¹ kei² gok³ jan⁴ wan³ cing¹ saan¹ [Jyutping]

     all of my family members are stuck in the loony bin

4. difficult
5. 47th hexagram of the I Ching
6. (Teochew, Hainanese) hungry

For pronunciation and definitions of 困 – see 睏 (“sleepy; tired; to sleep”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 睏).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

• “困”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. trouble

• Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
• Kun: こまる (komaru, 困る, Jōyō)、くるしむ (kurushimu, 困しむ)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [곤]

Wikisource

困 (eumhun 괴로울 곤 (goeroul gon))

1. hanja form^? of 곤 (“suffer”)
2. hanja form^? of 곤 (“surround, besiege”)

• 피곤 (疲困, pigon, “fatigue; weariness; tiredness”)
• 곤란 (困難, gollan, “trouble; difficulty”)

困: Hán Nôm readings: khốn, khuôn

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