困 kùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
困境
kùnjìng
predicament; difficult situation
Characters in this word
境 jìng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家小公司陷入了资金不足的困境。 Zhè jiā xiǎo gōngsī xiànrù le zījīn bùzú de kùnjìng. This small company has fallen into the predicament of a shortage of funds.
- 朋友们一起帮他走出了困境。 Péngyoumen yìqǐ bāng tā zǒu chū le kùnjìng. His friends helped him together to get out of his difficulties.
- 在困境中，她从没有放弃希望。 Zài kùnjìng zhōng, tā cóng méiyǒu fàngqì xīwàng. Even in hard times, she never gave up hope.
Related words
- 困 kùn sleepy
- 困难 kùnnan difficulty; difficult
- 困扰 kùnrǎo to trouble; to bother
- 贫困 pínkùn poor, impoverished
- 困惑 kùnhuò confused; puzzled; to puzzle
- 环境 huánjìng environment; surroundings
- 边境 biānjìng border area
- 出境 chūjìng to leave the country
- 入境 rùjìng to enter a country
- 处境 chǔjìng predicament; situation
- 过境 guòjìng to transit; to pass through a border
- 家境 jiājìng family financial situation; family background