音読み: コン
訓読み: こまる
画数: 7
部首: くち（口）
Meaning
Trouble / Hardship / Distress / Confusion
- Basic forms
- 困る — be troubled; be at a loss / base form
- 困ります — am troubled; am at a loss / masu form
- 困った — was troubled; was at a loss / ta form
- 困って — being troubled … / te form
- 困らない — am not troubled / negative
- 困れば — if (one) is troubled / conditional
- 困れ — be troubled! / imperative
- Common expressions
- お金に困る — be short of money
- 対応に困る — be unsure how to respond
- 生活に困る — struggle in daily life
- More
- 困らせる — cause trouble / causative
- 困っている — is troubled; is in difficulty / state
困る（こまる） is a godan intransitive verb. It expresses being in difficulty or at a loss, often due to circumstances beyond one’s control.
- 困難 — difficulty; hardship
- 困惑 — bewilderment; confusion
- 困窮 — destitution; poverty
- 困憊 — exhaustion; fatigue
- 貧困 — poverty
- 困る — to be troubled
The character 困 shows a tree 木 enclosed in a box 囗, symbolizing something trapped or stuck. This image conveys hardship, limitation, or being in trouble. It extends naturally into both emotional and practical difficulties.