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kùn
HSK 3freq #1868

Meanings

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kùn
  1. 1.sleepy
  2. 2.tired
kùn
  1. 1.to trap
  2. 2.to surround
  3. 3.hard-pressed
  4. 4.stranded
  5. 5.destitute

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to surround; to besiege
  2. 2.to be surrounded; to be trapped
  3. 3.to lock up; to detain
  4. 4.difficult
  5. 5.47th hexagram of the I Ching
  6. 6.hungry

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Etymology

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”).

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