く
苦
きょう
境

noun

  1. difficult situation, adverse circumstances, predicament, trouble, dilemma, distress.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
く
苦
きょう
境
 苦境 くきょう ✔
く
苦
きょう
況
 苦況 くきょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

suffering, trial, worry
ク　くる.しい　にが.い (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
boundary, border, region
キョウ　さかい　ケイ (5th, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
end, finally
キョウ　ケイ　おわ.る (Kentei 1)
sound, noise
おと　オン　ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)