Ideographic: A fence 囗 built around a tree 木Radical:

meaning for kùn:

  • - to trap
  • - to surround
  • - hard-pressed
  • - stranded
  • - destitute
  • - sleepy
  • - tireddifficult
  • - challenging
  • - straitened circumstances
  • - difficult situationimpoverished
  • - povertypredicament
  • - plightto perplex
  • - to disturb
  • - to cause complicationsbewildered
  • - perplexed
  • - confused
  • - difficult problem
  • - perplexity

xiànzài现在
hěn
kùn
xiǎng
shuìjiào睡觉

I am very tired now and want to go to bed.


hěnduōrén很多人
bèi
hóngshuǐ洪水
kùn
zài
le
jiāzhōng家中

Many people were trapped in their homes by the flood.