窮 JLPT N1 Kanji 窮 — hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered JLPT N1 15 strokes Secondary (Jōyō) Radical 穴 #1756 most frequent Readings On'yomiキュウキョウ Kun'yomiきわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.み Example words 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained 窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury