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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1756 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Kunyomi: きわ.める, きわ.まる, きわ.まり, きわ.み

Onyomi: キュウ, キョウ

Composition: 穴 躬

窮

Radical

Radical: 穴

Meaning: cave

Reading: あな

Frequency: 298

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position kanmuri)

穴

Examples

Onyomi Examples

窮屈 (キュウクツ) narrow, tight, cramped, formal, stiff, strict, ceremonious, rigid, constrained, uncomfortable, tight (e.g. finances)

究極 (キュウキョク) ultimate, final, last, eventual

無窮 (ムキュウ) eternity, infinitude, immortality

天壌無窮 (テンジョウムキュウ) as eternal as heaven and earth

Kunyomi Examples

極める (きわめる) to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

極まる (きわまる) to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled

極まり (きわまり) extremity, end, bound, limit

極まりない (きわまりない) extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless

極み (きわみ) height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit

窮みなき (きわみなき) without limit, endless

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