embarrassed(困)

This kanji is a brilliant, direct map of frustration! Inside this figure, you can clearly find a living TREE trapped inside a tight, square fence. This powerful imagery symbolizes a situation where there is total prevention for its growing. Just as you see, being boxed in and unable to expand is exactly why this character means ‘EMBARRASSED,’ ‘TROUBLED,’ or ‘STUCK’ in Japanese.

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