困

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

Translingual
Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

References
  • 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

Glyph origin
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
simp. and trad.
 困

Pronunciation

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

困

  1. to surround; to besiege
  2. to be surrounded; to be trapped
    困𨋢／困䢂 [Cantonese]  ―  wan3 lip1 [Jyutping]  ―  to be trapped in the elevator
  3. difficult
  4. 47th hexagram of the I Ching
  5. (Teochew, Hainanese) hungry
Synonyms
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
Guangzhou (Panyu) 肚餓
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 肚餓
Guangzhou (Conghua) 肚餓
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 肚餓
Foshan 肚餓
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 肚餓
Foshan (Shunde) 餓
Foshan (Sanshui) 肚餓
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 肚餓
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 餓
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 餓
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 肚餓
Zhuhai (Doumen) 肚餓
Jiangmen (Baisha) 肚飢
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 肚餓
Taishan 肚飢
Kaiping (Chikan) 肚餓
Enping (Niujiang) 肚餓
Heshan (Yayao) 肚餓
Dongguan 屎肚餓
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 肚餓
Shenzhen (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
Shaoguan (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 (Shexi) 肚飢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 肚飢, 肚枵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 肚飢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 肚飢, 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Yunlin (Lunbei; 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
Shantou (Chenghai) 肚困, 枵
Shantou (Chaoyang) 肚困
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
Derived terms from 困

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 困 – see 睏 (“sleepy; tired; to sleep”).
(This character, 困, is the simplified and variant form of 睏.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
困

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. trouble

Readings

Korean

Hanja

困 (eumhun 괴로울 곤 (goeroul gon))

  1. Hanja form? of 경 (“suffer”).
  2. Hanja form? of 경 (“surround, besiege”).

Vietnamese

Han character

困: Hán Nôm readings: khốn, khuôn

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