# 困 — Distressed

Frequency rank 788 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 級 (Level), less common than 池 (Pond).

- On’yomi: こん
- Kun’yomi: こま
- Radical: 囗 Enclosure (Kangxi 31)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A mouth encloses a tree inside — a tree trapped inside a closed mouth can't grow or breathe, becoming completely distressed.

In words:

- 困る こまる — to be worried
- 困難 こんなん — difficulty,distress
- 貧困 ひんこん — poverty;lack

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