IDENTITY
困kùnsleepy; trapped
HSK 3Top 900
CORE MEANING
sleepy; trapped
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.sleepyHSK3
- 2.trapped; difficultHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 囗enclosure radical (wéi)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿴囗木
- the enclosure
- a tree (shut in)
USAGE
Common words
困难kùnnandifficulty
困了kùn leto be sleepy
贫困pínkùnpoor
Graded examples
遇到困难别怕。Yùdào kùnnan bié pà.HSK3
Don’t be afraid of difficulties.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 闲
LEARNING
Memory aid
A tree (木) shut in an enclosure (囗) — hemmed in, tired out. (From 睏.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #900
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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