qióng筇（窮）
筇（窮）
common
Meaning of 筇
筇 means poor; impoverished; lacking money; end; limit; extremity. Pronounced qióng.
- poor; impoverished; lacking money
- end; limit; extremity
- to exhaust; to use up; to deplete
Character Info
Radical穴
Strokes7
Components
穴
力
Stroke Order
筇
Definitions & Examples
Tā他
jiā家
hěn很
qióng穷
，
gōng供
bu不
qǐ起
hái孩
zi子
shàng上
xué学
。
His family is too poor to afford his schooling.
Qióng穷
rén人
yě也
yǒu有
qióng穷
rén人
de的
kuài快
lè乐
。
Poor people have their own happiness too.
Tā他
nìng宁
yuàn愿
qióng穷
yī一
diǎn点
，
yě也
yào要
bǎo保
chí持
zūn尊
yán严
。
He would rather be a bit poor than lose his dignity.
Common Words
穷人 / 窮人qióngrén
poor people; the poor; impoverished person
贫穷 / 貧窮pínqióng
poor; impoverished; poverty
无穷 / 無窮wúqióng
infinite; endless; boundless
穷尽 / 窮盡qióngjìn
exhaust; deplete; limit; end
穷苦 / 窮苦qióngkǔ
poor and distressed; poverty-stricken
哭穷 / 哭窮kūqióng
complain about being poor; pretend to be hard up
穷途 / 窮途qióngtú
dead end; desperate situation