tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post1240955219588309356..comments2024-02-21T02:19:19.666-07:00Comments on hanzismatter.blogspot.com: tianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696711693095229683noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-14717309819992601262010-08-15T09:38:34.178-07:002010-08-15T09:38:34.178-07:00I guess "desperate" or "destitute&q...I guess "desperate" or "destitute" might be a good way to think of the general meaning of 窮 when it appears in compounds.Alan Siegristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670697122602993760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-4944824923698432372010-08-15T09:33:41.029-07:002010-08-15T09:33:41.029-07:00In Japanese, the character 窮 appears mostly in ver...In Japanese, the character 窮 appears mostly in verbs, where 窮する (kyū suru) means "to be at a loss" [for words] or "to be hard up" [for money], and 窮まる (kiwamaru) means "to come to an end."<br /><br />I cannot think of a meaning that is anywhere close to "to fight is to suffer."<br /><br />What kind of "research" did he do?Alan Siegristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670697122602993760noreply@blogger.com