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JLPT N5 · Senses & states

困る

こまる

to be in trouble

Stroke order of 困る

2 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

困 · 7 strokesる · 1 strokes

Memory trick

A tree (木) boxed in by an enclosure (囗): trapped like that, you are in trouble.

Parts: 困 trouble (囗 enclosure + 木 tree) + る

The characters in 困る

  • る る — ru (1 strokes)

Example sentence

お金がなくて困っています。

おかねがなくてこまっています。

I'm in trouble because I have no money.

Words with 困

貧困poverty

More words: Senses & states

見えるto be visible聞こえるto be audible違うto differ; to be wrong要るto need生まれるto be born生きるto live太るto gain weight痩せるto lose weight消えるto disappear; to go out勤めるto work for弾くto play (an instrument)踊るto dance

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