Memory phrase for the character: 困

困

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Meaning

be in trouble, become distressed, suffer

Pronunciation

KON
komaru

Explanation

 Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: tree 木

Mnemonic
 
The enclosed tree is in trouble. (Even though the person 人 wanted a fence 囗 around the tree 木 to protect 保 it.)

Radicals

囗 enclosureThe radical kunigamae surrounds/encloses further components and thus differs from the smaller square that stands for mouth 口.
木 tree




 Vocabulary

困る こまる  to be worried, to be bothered
困難 こんなん  difficulty, distress
貧困 ひんこん  poverty, lack
絶対的貧困 ぜったいてきひんこん  absolute poverty
困じる こうじる  to be troubled; to be worried

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