# 窮 — Destitute

Frequency rank 1741 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 輔 (Help), less common than 棟 (Building).

- On’yomi: きゅう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 穴 Cave (Kangxi 116)
- Frequency path: Level XIV of XX

Through a hole on top, a bow and body struggle below — a body bent like a bow, crammed into a tiny hole, destitute and trapped with nowhere to go.

In words:

- 窮屈 きゅうくつ — narrow;tight;stiff;rigid;uneasy;formal;constrained
- 窮乏 きゅうぼう — poverty

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