困
to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute
坤
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
壸
palace corridor; fig. women's quarters; women
昆
used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration)
捆
a bunch; to tie together; bundle
昆
descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
晜
descendant; elder brother
裍
a border or band on the edge of a dress
阃
threshold; inner appartments; woman; wife (honorific)
髡
scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
鲲
fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
鹍
large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic); mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
鶤
variant of 鵾|鹍, large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic); mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
困厄
in deep water; difficult situation
困守
to stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city
困局
dilemma; predicament; difficult situation
困惑
bewildered; perplexed; confused; difficult problem; perplexity
困扰
to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications
困兽犹斗
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay
困苦
deprivation; distressed; miserable
困难
difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
困顿
fatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken; in straitened circumstances
坤甸
Pontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
昆士兰
Queensland, northeast Australian state
昆山
Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
昆山市
Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
昆仑
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
昆仑山脉
Kunlun Mountain range
昆曲
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
昆仲
(literary) brothers; elder and younger brother
昆士兰州
Queensland (Australia)
昆明
Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
昆明市
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
昆汀
Quentin (name); Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆汀·塔伦提诺
Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆汀·塔伦蒂诺
Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆虫
insect; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1]
昆都仑
Kundulun district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
昆都仑区
Kundulun district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
昆阳
Kunyang town and former county in Yunnan
阃奥
innermost room; (fig.) heart
阃范
model of feminine virtues
鲲鹏
kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts; peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
鲲鹏展翅
lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly; displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset; to have the world at one's feet
鹍弦
pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
鹍鸡
large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic); mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
鹍鸡曲
long poem by 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] (-196 BC)