窮

See also: 穷

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 穹

Han character

窮 (radical 116 穴+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹竹弓 (JCHHN), four-corner 3022₇)

1. poor, destitute, impoverished

References

• KangXi: page 867, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25593
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2737, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7AAE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

窮 (simplified 穷, Jyutping kung4, Yale kung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

窮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ぐ (gu), ぐう (gū)
• Kan’on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: きわめる (kiwameru), きわまる (kiwamaru)

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Korean

Hanja

窮 (gung) (hangeul 궁, revised gung, McCune-Reischauer kung, Yale kwung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

窮 (simplified 穷, Pinyin qióng (qiong2), tiǎo (tiao3), Wade-Giles ch'iung², t'iao³)

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Vietnamese

Character

窮 (cùng, khùng, còng, càng)

Readings

• Hán Việt: khùng
• Nôm: cùng, khùng, còng, càng

Etymology 1

Adjective

窮 (khùng)

1. crazy

Etymology 2

Noun

窮 (càng)

1. nipper, pincer

References

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
• Nôm Lookup Tool, Vietnamese Nom Preservation Foundation
• Phạm Đình Hổ (18 c.), Nhật dụng thường đàm