きわ.める
kiwameru
JLPT N115 strokesKanjiLevel 92 - JLPT N1

Quick answer

窮 is the kanji for "Suffer / Hard Up / Cornered". A common reading is きわ.める (kiwameru). You can practice writing it on this page.

Meaning

Suffer / Hard Up / Cornered

Also : Suffer · Hard Up · Cornered · Destitute · Perplexed

Readings

kunきわ.める/ kiwamerukunきわ.まる/ kiwamarukunきわ.まり/ kiwamarikunきわ.み/ kiwamionきゅう/ kyuuonきょう/ kyou

kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading

Practice writing

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Example Sentences

彼は窮地に追い込まれたが奇跡的に脱出した。

かれはきゅうちにおいこまれたがきせきてきにだっしゅつした。

He was cornered but miraculously escaped.

窮状を訴える彼の声が心に響いた。

きゅうじょうをうったえるかれのこえがこころにひびいた。

His voice pleading his plight resonated in my heart.

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