This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キュウ、キョウ、きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み
Romaji: kyū, kyō, kiwa.meru, kiwa.maru, kiwa.mari, kiwa.mi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  116
Frequency:  1756
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-12
Korean Reading:  gung
Chinese Reading:  qiong2
Unicode:  7aae
JIS:  3567

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2358
Nelson Index: 3337
New Nelson Index: 4212
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m12.4
Four Corner Index: 3022.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1152
Gakken Index: 1821
Japanese Names Index: 2573
Daikanwanjiten Index: 25593
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0673
Remembering the kanji Index: 1326
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1598
Kodansha Compact Index: 1457
Kanji in Context Index: 1675
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1525
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2078
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1338
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1424
Essential Kanji Index: 1259
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2983
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 752
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1787

Words

窮地 (きゅうち)
dilemma; predicament
窮乏 (きゅうぼう)
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
窮状 (きゅうじょう)
distress; wretched condition
貧窮化 (ひんきゅうか)
impoverishment
窮余の策 (きゅうよのさく)
desperate measure
困窮 (こんきゅう)
poverty; distress
貧窮 (ひんきゅう)
great poverty
窮屈 (きゅうくつ)
narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid; constrained; uncomfortable; tight (e.g. finances)
極める (きわめる)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
窮理 (きゅうり)
study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship
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