困

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See also: 睏
困 U+56F0, 困
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F0
← 囯
[U+56EF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囱 →
[U+56F1]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character[edit]

困 (radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田木 (WD) or X田木 (XWD), four-corner 60904, composition ⿴囗木)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 217, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4717
  • Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 714, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+56F0

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (困) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
硱 *kʰɯŋ, *kʰuːnʔ
梱 *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ
捆 *kʰuːnʔ
綑 *kʰuːnʔ
閫 *kʰuːnʔ
悃 *kʰuːnʔ
稛 *kʰuːnʔ
裍 *kʰuːnʔ
齫 *kʰuːnʔ
困 *kʰuːns
涃 *kʰuːns

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 囗 (“surround”) + 木 (“wood”). Probably the original form of 梱 (OC *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”) and 閫 (OC *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”).

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 困

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: wan3 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 困
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦悶切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰuənH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰuonH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwənH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuənH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kwan3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 困
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kùn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khwonH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰˁu[n]-s/
English obstruct; distress

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 困
Reading # 1/1
No. 7554
Phonetic
component 		困
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		困
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰuːns/

Definitions[edit]

困

  1. to surround; to besiege
  2. to be surrounded
  3. difficult
  4. 47th hexagram of the I Ching
  5. (Teochew, Hainanese) hungry
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 餓 (“hungry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 飢, 餓
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 餓, 飢餓
Mandarin Beijing 餓
Taiwan 餓
Tianjin 餓
Chengde 餓
Tangshan 餓
Cangzhou 餓
Baoding 餓
Shijiazhuang 餓
Chifeng 餓
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 餓
Heihe 餓
Qiqihar 餓
Harbin 餓
Jiamusi 餓
Baicheng 餓
Changchun 餓
Tonghua 餓
Shenyang 餓
Dandong 餓
Jinzhou 餓
Dalian 餓
Yantai 餓, 飢困
Qingdao 餓, 飢困
Lijin 飢困
Jinan 餓
Jining 餓
Shangqiu 餓, 飢
Yuanyang 餓
Zhengzhou 飢
Lingbao 飢
Xinyang 餓
Baihe 餓
Hanzhong 餓
Xi'an 飢, 餓
Baoji 飢
Yinchuan 餓
Tianshui 餓
Lanzhou 餓
Dunhuang 餓
Xining 餓
Hami 餓
Ürümqi 餓
Wuhan 餓
Yichang 餓
Xiangyang 餓
Tianmen 餓
Hong'an 餓
Chengdu 餓
Nanchong 餓
Dazhou 餓
Hanyuan 餓
Xichang 餓
Zigong 餓
Chongqing 餓
Guiyang 餓
Zunyi 餓
Bijie 餓
Liping 餓
Zhaotong 餓
Dali 餓
Kunming 餓
Mengzi 餓
Guilin 餓
Liuzhou 餓
Jishou 餓
Changde 餓
Anqing 餓
Xuzhou 餓
Fuyang 餓
Yangzhou 餓
Lianyungang 餓
Lianshui 餓
Nanjing 餓
Hefei 餓
Nantong 餓
Singapore 餓
Cantonese Guangzhou 肚餓, 餓
Hong Kong 肚餓, 餓
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 肚餓
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 肚餓
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 肚胈餓
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 肚胈餓
Macau 餓
Panyu 肚餓
Huadu (Huashan) 肚餓
Conghua 肚餓
Zengcheng 肚餓
Foshan 肚餓
Nanhai (Shatou) 肚餓
Shunde 餓
Sanshui 肚餓
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 肚餓
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 餓
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 餓
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 肚餓
Doumen 肚餓
Jiangmen (Baisha) 肚飢
Xinhui 肚餓
Taishan 肚飢
Kaiping (Chikan) 肚餓
Enping (Niujiang) 肚餓
Heshan (Yayao) 肚餓
Dongguan 屎肚餓
Bao'an (Shajing) 肚餓
Dapeng 餓
Shaoguan 肚餓
Yunfu 肚餓
Yangjiang 餓
Xinyi 肚餓
Lianjiang 肚餓
Nanning 肚餓
Hepu (Lianzhou) 飢
Hepu (Shatian) 飢, 餓
Beihai 餓
Beihai (Nankang) 餓
Beihai (Yingpan) 飢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 肚餓
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 肚餓
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 肚餓
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 餓
Singapore (Guangfu) 餓, 肚餓
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 餓
Móng Cái 肚餓
Gan Nanchang 餓
Hakka Meixian 肚飢, 餓
Xingning 餓
Dabu (Xihe) 豺
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 肚胈餓
Huidong (Daling) 餓
Dongguan (Qingxi) 肚胈餓
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 肚胈餓
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 餓
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 肚𤸁
Wuhua (Huacheng) 肚飢, 肚胈餓
Wuhua (Changbu) 肚胈飢
Wuhua (Mianyang) 肚𤸁
Wuhua (Meilin) 𤸁
Qujiang 肚飢
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 肚胈餓
Conghua (Lütian) 餓
Jiexi 肚屎𤸁
Changting 腹飢, 餓
Yongding 肚飢
Yongding (Xiayang) 豺
Yongding (Hukeng) 肚飢
Wuping 肚飢
Wuping (Pingyu) 肚飢
Liancheng 腹飢
Liancheng (Peitian) 腹底飢, 腹飢, 餓
Liancheng (Juxi) 腹裡飢, 腹飢, 飢
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 腹飢
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 腹飢, 餓肚屎, 肚屎空
Ninghua 腹飢
Ruijin 肚飢, 肚籮捏飢
Shicheng 肚飢
Shangyou 肚飢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 肚飢, 肚枵
Liudui (S. Sixian) 肚飢
Hsinchu (Hailu) 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Dongshi (Dabu) 肚飢, 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Hsinchu (Raoping) 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 屎肚枵
Hong Kong 餓
Sabah (Longchuan) 肚胈餓
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 肚餓
Senai (Huiyang) 餓
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 肚屎枵, 肚屎飢, 𤸁
Singkawang 肚屎飢
Bangkok (Meixian) 肚飢
Bangkok (Fengshun) 肚𤸁
Huizhou Shexian 餓
Jin Taiyuan 餓
Yangyuan 餓, 飢
Datong 飢
Xinzhou 餓
Lishi 餓
Linfen 飢
Changzhi 飢
Linhe 餓
Jining 餓
Hohhot 餓
Erenhot 餓, 飢
Pingshan 餓
Zhangjiakou 餓
Handan 餓, 飢
Linzhou 飢
Suide 餓
Min Bei Jian'ou 腹飢, 餓
Min Dong Fuzhou 空, 枵 dated
Min Nan Xiamen 枵
Xiamen (Tong'an) 腹肚枵
Quanzhou 枵
Shishi 枵
Zhangzhou 枵
Zhao'an 枵, 腹肚枵
Taipei (Wanhua) 枵
Kaohsiung 枵
Yilan 枵
Changhua (Lukang) 枵
Taichung 枵
Taichung (Wuqi) 枵
Tainan 枵
Taitung 枵
Hsinchu 枵
Penghu (Magong) 枵
Penang (Hokkien) 枵
Singapore (Hokkien) 枵, 腹肚枵
Manila (Hokkien) 枵, 腹肚枵
Chaozhou 枵, 肚困, 肚枵
Shantou 肚困, 枵
Chenghai 肚困, 枵
Jieyang 枵
Haifeng 肚枵
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 枵
Singapore (Teochew) 肚困, 枵
Wenchang 肚困
Haikou 困, 肚困
Singapore (Hainanese) 困, 肚困
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 肚餓
Sanxiang 餓, 肚餓
Wu Shanghai 餓
Suzhou 餓
Wenzhou 餓
Xiang Changsha 餓, 䐬
Shuangfeng 肚䐬, 餓 intensified

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 困

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 困 – see 睏 (“sleepy; tired; to sleep”).
(This character, 困, is the simplified form of 睏.)
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

困

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. trouble

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

困 • (gon) (hangeul 곤)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

困: Hán Nôm readings: khốn, khuôn

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