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Level XIV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1741 / 2,608

Destitute

On’yomi
きゅう
Kun’yomi
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Radical
穴 Cave (Kangxi 116)

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

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

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;constrainedN1
窮乏 きゅうぼう povertyN1

窮 is rank 1741 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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