Radical
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
7
Mandarin
jiǒng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
7 strokes
Strokes
12 strokes
Mandarin
jiǒng

Definitions by reading

kung2
Mandarin equivalent jiǒng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng kund2 Chaoyang kung2 Chenghai kung2 Jieyang kung2 Raoping kung2 Shantou kung2
jiǒng
①穷困:~厄 | ~乏 | ~苦 | ~困 | ~促 | ~急 | 日子过得很~迫。
②为难:~况 | ~态 | ~境  | 这种场面让人觉得很~。
③使为难:~相 | 你一言,我一语,~得他满脸通红。
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English meaning

embarrassed; hard-pressed

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
群母 三等 合口 真韵 上声 渠殞切
Reconstruction:
Original

急迫也,渠殞切,十。