懂中文 Dong Chinese

窘

jiǒng

embarrassed

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 君 represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

穴  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

君 sound component

君  Sound component

jūn

  

ruler

Evolution

窘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

窘  

jiǒng

embarrassed; hard-pressed; distressed

Most common words with 窘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窘境

predicament

窘迫

very poor

窘

distressed

困窘

embarrassment

受窘

embarrassed