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Mythic Mandarin

困 (kùn): meaning and stroke order

困 (kùn) means to trap, to surround, hard-pressed, stranded, destitute, sleepy, tired.

困

Simplified
困
Traditional
困, 睏
Pinyin
kùn

Stroke order of 困

困

  • kùn to trap; to surround
  • kùn sleepy; tired
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 睏

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 困

  1. kùn
    • to trap
    • to surround
    • hard-pressed
    • stranded
    • destitute
  2. kùn Traditional 睏
    • sleepy
    • tired

Radical and structure

困
Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 7 strokes · built from 囗 and 木

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 困

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).