窘
jiǒng
distressed; embarrassed
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 穴 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 窘
- Common rank
- #3,561
- Unicode
- U+7A98
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 窘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发窘 | to feel embarrassment; disconcerted; embarrassed | |
| 受窘 | embarrassed; bothered; in an awkward position | |
| 窘境 | awkward situation; predicament | |
| 困窘 | embarrassment | |
| 窘迫 | poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed | |
| 窘况 | predicament | |
| 窘匮 | destitute; impoverished |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 君 — compare how they read.