況 means “situation, condition”

きょう · kyou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まして, いわんや, おもむき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

Water (氵) and an elder brother (兄): picture a big brother checking how high the river runs. 況 is how things stand: 状況 is the situation, 不況 a recession, and 実況 the live play-by-play of a ball game.

Used in 状況 (joukyou, situation), 不況 (fukyou, recession), and 実況 (jikkyou, live commentary)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.