窮 hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered 15 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1756 in newspapers Readings Onキュウ、キョウ Kunきわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み In Chinese 穷, traditional 窮 Words written with it 窮地 きゅうち dilemma 窮状 きゅうじょう distress 窮屈 きゅうくつ narrow N1 困窮 こんきゅう poverty 窮乏 きゅうぼう poverty N1 窮余 きゅうよ extremity