• 困難こんなん — difficulty; hardship
• 困惑こんわく — bewilderment; confusion
• 困窮こんきゅう — destitution; poverty
• 困憊こんぱい — exhaustion; fatigue
• 貧困ひんこん — poverty
• 困こまる — 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.

道みちに 迷まよって 困こまっています。
I'm lost and in trouble.

お金かねが なくて 困こまっている。
I’m struggling because I have no money.