Memory phrase for the character: 窮

窮

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Meaning

distress, deadlock, suffer, destitute

Pronunciation

KYŪ
kiwamaru/meru

Explanation

 Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: body 身 and bow 弓

Mnemonic
 
In this hole is a body that is bent like a bow: Somebody is in distress!

Radicals

穴 OpeningIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
身 body
弓 bowPictograph: bow without string.




 Vocabulary

窮地 きゅうち  dilemma, predicament
窮乏 きゅうぼう  poverty
窮屈 きゅうくつ  narrow, tight, stiff, uneasy, constrained

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