困
kùn HSK3

to trap, surround

困 kùn frequency
trap verb
to trap, surround, or leave someone stranded in a difficult situation

大雪将游客们困在山顶上。

Dà​xuě jiāng yóu​kè men kùn zài shān​dǐng shàng.

Heavy snow trapped the tourists on the mountaintop.

hard-pressed verb
to be in a state of extreme difficulty or destitute circumstances

他被生活所困，日子过得很艰难。

tā bèi shēng​huó suǒ kùn, rì​zi guò de hěn jiān​nán.

He is beset by life's hardships, and things are very tough for him.

困 (睏) kùn
sleepy adjective
feeling the need or desire to sleep; drowsy or tired

我太困了，就在沙发上睡着了。

wǒ tài kùn le, jiù zài shā​fā shàng shuì​zháo le.

I was so sleepy that I fell asleep on the sofa.

Frequency
Character
Written text
868th most common 202.4 per million
Movie subtitles
933rd most common 118.2 per million appears in 48% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
44.9 per million appears in 16% of films
Written text
65.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
睏
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+56F0

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)