穷

qióng

q+ióng·2nd tone

poor · destitute

Radical: 穴 Strokes: 7 HSK 4

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

空突窝穴究窜窗窃窥穿窟窍

Same radical

空突窝穴究窜窗窃窥穿窟窍穹窘窑

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Character Decomposition

穷=穴+力

Meanings

poor

destitute

to use up

to exhaust

thoroughly

extremely

(coll.) persistently and pointlessly

qióng

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Words with 穷 569 total

to endure poverty stoically固穷gù qióng to bewail one's poverty · to complain about being hard up · to pretend to be poor哭穷kū qióng

Idioms with 穷 146 total Chain

to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)安富恤穷ān fù xù qióng more and more emerge · innumerable succession · breeding like flies (idiom)层出不穷céng chū bù qióng