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15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Kun'yomi
  • きわめる
    		to carry to extremes ②to investigate thoroughly
  • きわまる
    		to reach an extreme ②extremely ③to be stuck ④to be decided
  • きわまり
    		extremity
  • きわみ
    		height ②end
On'yomi
  • キュウ
  • キョウ

Main Radical

穴(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

キュウ 97.8%
きわめるきわまるきわまりきわみ 2.2%

Character Breakdown

hard up, destitute, suffer
キュウ　きわ.める　キョウ (9th, N1)
hole, aperture, slit
あな　ケツ　けな (6th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
body, self
キュウ　キョウ　み (Kentei 1)
somebody, person, one's station in life
シン　み (3rd)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
rising stroke
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ　キュウ　こ (2nd, N1)

Common Words

きゅう
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ち
地
dilemma
きゅう
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くつ
屈
narrow ②formal ③constrained ④tight (e.g. finances)
きゅう
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そ
鼠
cornered animal
こん
困
きゅう
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poverty ②having great difficulty with
きゅう
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じょう
状
distress
きゅう
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ぼう
乏
poverty
きゅう
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す
　
る
to be hard pressed ②to become poor
む
無
きゅう
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eternity
ひん
貧
きゅう
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great poverty
きゅう
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つい
追
cornered
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References

Unicode hex code 7AAE
JIS X 0208 1-21-71
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3337
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4212
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2358
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2983
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1525
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2078
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1326
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Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1821
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2573
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1259
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 25593
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 897
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 919
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1598
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1787
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1675
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1457
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1338
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m12.4
Four corner code 3022.7
De Roo Code 752