# 困

| 困 | U+56F0, &#22256; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F0 |
| ← 囯 [U+56EF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 囱 → [U+56F1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

困 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田木 (WD) or 難田木 (XWD), four-corner 6090$_4$, composition ⿴囗木)

#### Derived characters

* 梱, 捆, 涃, 悃, 焑, 祵 硱, 睏, 稇, 裍, 綑 齫, 閫(阃)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4717
* Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 714, character 7
* Unihan data for U+56F0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 困 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 硱 | *kʰɯŋ, *kʰuːnʔ |
| 梱 | *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ |
| 捆 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 綑 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 閫 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 悃 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 稛 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 裍 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 齫 | *kʰuːnʔ |
| 困 | *kʰuːns |
| 涃 | *kʰuːns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“surround”) + 木 (“wood”). Probably the original form of 梱 (OC *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”) and 閫 (OC *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kùn (kun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan$^3$ / wan$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khun
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kun$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): káung
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khùn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kung$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$khuen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kùn
*** Wade–Giles: kʻun$^4$
*** Yale: kwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenn
*** Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwan$^3$ / wan$^3$
*** Yale: kwan / wan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwan$^3$ / wan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuen$^3$ / wen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐn³³/, /wɐn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khun
*** Hakka Romanization System: kun
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn
*** Tâi-lô: khùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: quxn
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰun²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kung$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$khuen
*** MiniDict: khuen$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$khun
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: khwonH
Rime :
| Character | 困 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦悶切 |
| Baxter | khwonH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuən$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuon$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuən$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwən$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuən$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuən$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰuən$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kùn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤu[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 困 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kùn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khwon$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰˁu[n]-s/ |
| English | obstruct; distress |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 困 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7554 |
| Phonetic component | 困 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 困 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰuːns/ |

#### Definitions

困
* to surround; to besiege
* to be surrounded; to be trapped
    困𨋢／困䢂 [Cantonese] ― wan$^3$ lip$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to be trapped in an elevator
* (Cantonese) to lock up; to detain
** 1965, “最緊要好玩 (攪笑版)”, in 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑, 泰迪羅賓, and 徐克:
       uk$^1$ kei$^2$ gok$^3$ jan$^4$ wan$^3$ cing$^1$ saan$^1$ [Jyutping]
       all of my family members are stuck in the loony bin
* difficult
* 47th hexagram of the I Ching
* (Teochew, Hainanese) hungry

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 飢, 餓 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 餓, 飢餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 餓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 餓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 飢困 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 餓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 餓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 餓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 餓, 飢困 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 餓, 飢困 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 餓, 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 飢, 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 飢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 餓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 餓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 餓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 餓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 肚餓, 餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 肚餓, 餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 肚胈餓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 肚胈餓 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 肚飢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 肚飢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屎肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 飢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 飢, 餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 飢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 餓, 肚餓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 餓 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 肚餓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 餓 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 肚飢, 餓 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 餓 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 豺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 肚𤸁 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 肚飢, 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 肚胈飢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 肚𤸁 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 𤸁 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 肚屎𤸁 |
| Hakka | Changting | 腹飢, 餓 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 豺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 腹飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 腹底飢, 腹飢, 餓 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 腹裡飢, 腹飢, 飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 腹飢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 腹飢, 餓肚屎, 肚屎空 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 腹飢 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 肚飢, 肚籮捏飢 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肚飢, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肚屎枵, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肚飢, 肚屎枵, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肚屎枵, 肚枵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屎肚枵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 餓 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 肚胈餓 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 肚餓 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 餓 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 肚屎枵, 肚屎飢, 𤸁 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 肚屎飢 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 肚飢 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 肚𤸁 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 餓 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 餓 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 餓, 飢 |
| Jin | Datong | 飢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 餓 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 餓 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 飢 |
| Jin | Linhe | 餓 |
| Jin | Jining | 餓 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 餓 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 餓, 飢 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 餓 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 餓 |
| Jin | Handan | 餓, 飢 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 飢 |
| Jin | Suide | 餓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 腹飢, 餓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 空, 枵 dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 枵, 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 枵, 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 枵, 腹肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 枵, 肚困, 肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 肚困, 枵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 肚困, 枵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 肚困 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 肚枵 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 枵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 肚困, 枵 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 肚困 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 困, 肚困 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 困, 肚困 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 肚餓 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 餓, 肚餓 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 餓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 餓 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肚飢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 餓 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 肚飢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 餓, 䐬 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 肚䐬, 餓 intensified |

#### Compounds

* 上下交困
* 乏困 (fákùn)
* 交困 (jiāokùn)
* 人困馬乏／人困马乏 (rénkùn-mǎfá)
* 偃蹇困窮／偃蹇困穷
* 內外交困／内外交困 (nèiwàijiāokùn)
* 兵疲馬困／兵疲马困
* 力困筋乏
* 勞困／劳困
* 受困 (shòukùn)
* 困乏 (kùnfá)
* 困人
* 困住 (kùnzhù)
* 困倦 (kùnjuàn)
* 困厄 (kùn'è)
* 困境 (kùnjìng)
* 困學／困学
* 困守
* 困局 (kùnjú)
* 困心衡慮／困心衡虑
* 困惑 (kùnhuò)
* 困憊／困惫
* 困擾／困扰 (kùnrǎo)
* 困歇
* 困滯／困滞
* 困獸／困兽 (kùnshòu)
* 困獸之鬥／困兽之斗
* 困獸猶鬥／困兽犹斗
* 困畏
* 困知勉行
* 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
* 困窮／困穷 (kùnqióng)
* 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
* 困處／困处 (kùnchǔ)
* 困處泥塗／困处泥涂
* 困覺／困觉 (kùnjiào)
* 困話／困话
* 困蹙
* 困躓／困踬
* 困阨
* 困阻
* 困隘
* 困難／困难
* 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
* 困騰騰／困腾腾
* 困鬥／困斗
* 國困民艱／国困民艰
* 國窮民困／国穷民困
* 圍困／围困 (wéikùn)
* 坐困 (zuòkùn)
* 坐困愁城
* 孱困
* 形疲神困
* 急人之困
* 扶危救困
* 扶危濟困／扶危济困
* 救困扶危 (jiù kùn fúwēi)
* 昏困
* 春困
* 春困秋乏
* 潛蛟困鳳／潜蛟困凤
* 濟困扶危／济困扶危
* 疲困 (píkùn)
* 皮困秋
* 禽困覆車／禽困覆车
* 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
* 窮困／穷困 (qióngkùn)
* 紓困／纾困 (shūkùn)
* 肚困
* 脫困／脱困 (tuōkùn)
* 艱困／艰困
* 解困 (jiěkùn)
* 貧困／贫困 (pínkùn)
* 軟困／软困
* 酒困
* 顛連困苦／颠连困苦
* 飢困／饥困
* 龍困淺灘／龙困浅滩

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 困 – see 睏 (“sleepy; tired; to sleep”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 睏).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “困”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* trouble

#### Readings

* Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
* Kun: こまる (komaru, 困る, Jōyō)、くるしむ (kurushimu, 困しむ)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ko̞n]
* Phonetic hangul: [곤]

### Hanja

Wikisource 困 (eumhun 괴로울 곤 (goeroul gon))
* hanja form of 곤 (“suffer”)
* hanja form of 곤 (“surround, besiege”)

#### Compounds

* 피곤 (疲困, pigon, “fatigue; weariness; tiredness”)
* 곤란 (困難, gollan, “trouble; difficulty”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

困: Hán Nôm readings: khốn, khuôn
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