Read Edit View history 困 kùn HSK3 to trap, surround Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a wooden (木) door frame (囗). Based on the original meaning "doorway, threshold". The meaning later expanded to "obstruct" and "trap". Pinyin Separate values with commas kùn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 困 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 睏 ×困 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a door frame. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 困 Simp strokes 困 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 困 Simp strokes 困 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 困 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 192, 756 ], [ 220, 723 ], [ 230, 692 ], [ 234, 645 ], [ 225, 316 ], [ 204, 112 ], [ 208, 41 ] ], [ [ 253, 738 ], [ 276, 720 ], [ 508, 758 ], [ 722, 782 ], [ 748, 776 ], [ 777, 749 ], [ 787, 734 ], [ 782, 511 ], [ 793, 163 ], [ 790, 117 ], [ 778, 84 ], [ 783, 15 ] ], [ [ 328, 513 ], [ 384, 508 ], [ 617, 552 ], [ 663, 546 ] ], [ [ 458, 685 ], [ 486, 664 ], [ 503, 642 ], [ 487, 237 ], [ 494, 188 ] ], [ [ 471, 498 ], [ 462, 489 ], [ 454, 444 ], [ 401, 359 ], [ 354, 303 ], [ 293, 251 ] ], [ [ 524, 446 ], [ 528, 428 ], [ 542, 427 ], [ 649, 345 ], [ 664, 322 ], [ 669, 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