窘 jiǒng distressed
distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed
怎么记住“窘”: 穴 hole + 君 sovereign = distressed. The golf ball rolls into a muddy hole, and the visiting sovereign stares at it while his guards look distressed.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
窘 = 穴 hole + 君 sovereign
- 穴 hole meaning
- 君 sovereign sound
The golf ball rolls into a muddy hole, and the visiting sovereign stares at it while his guards look distressed.
How it came to be
The hole gives the meaning and the part below the sound.
用法
- Embarrassed/awkward, and hard-pressed: 窘迫 (jiǒngpò) in dire/embarrassing straits (经济窘迫 financially strapped), 窘境 (jiǒngjìng) a predicament, 窘态 (jiǒngtài) an embarrassed manner.
- 很窘 (hěn jiǒng) means very awkward/embarrassed. Modern slang 囧 borrows this feeling.