窮

Hard Up

Also: Destitute, Suffer, Perplexed

On'yomi

  • きゅう kyuu
  • きょう kyou

Kun'yomi

  • きわ kiwa
Stroke count
15
Radical
穴 cave · Kangxi radical 116
JLPT level
N1
School grade
Secondary school

窮 has 15 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 穴 (cave), number 116. Hashidari places it at JLPT N1. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N1 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji