qióng

poor

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

力 simplified component

  Simplified component

  

power

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Evolution

穷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
穷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
穷 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
穷 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished; poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Most common words with 穷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

poor

穷人

poor people

贫穷

poor

无穷

endless

层出不穷

more and more emerge