Info on the Kanji 苦 | What's a Kanji? |
| suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl | |
| onyomi | KU |
| kunyomi | kuru-shii, kuru-shimu, kuru-shimeru, niga-i, niga- |
| stroke count | 8 |
| grade | 3 |
| jlpt level | N3 |
| Example words with 苦 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 苦く ku | pain / anguish / suffering / distress / anxiety / worry / trouble / difficulty / hardship / duhkha |
| 業苦ぎょうく gyou ku | karmic suffering |
| 勤苦つとむく tsutomu ku | toil and hardship |
| 苦いにがい nigai | bitter |
| 苦さくるさ kurusa | bitterness / bitter taste |
| 苦みくみ ku mi | bitterness / bitter taste |
| 苦るくる ku ru | to feel bitter / to scowl |
| 苦界くかい kukai | world of suffering / life of prostitution |
| 苦楽くらく kuraku | pleasure and pain / joys and sorrows |
| 苦寒くかん ku kan | coldest time of the year / bitter suffering |
| 苦言くげん kugen | candid advice / exhortation |
| 苦行くぎょう kugyou | penance / austerities / mortification / asceticism |
| 苦手にがて nigate | poor / weak / not very good / dislike |
| 苦酒くさけ ku sake | vinegar |
| 苦笑くしょう kushou | bitter smile / wry smile / strained laugh / sarcastic laugh |
| 苦情くじょう kujou | complaint / troubles / objection / grievance |
| 苦心くしん kushin | pain / trouble / anxiety / diligence / hard work |
| 苦戦くせん kusen | hard fight / close game |
| 苦痛くつう kutsuu | pain / agony / bitterness |
| 苦土くつち ku tsuchi | this painful world / magnesia |
| 苦難くなん kunan | suffering / distress / hardship / trial |
| 苦肉くにく kuniku | desperation measure |
| 苦熱くねつ ku netsu | intense heat |
| 苦杯くはい kuhai | bitter experience |
| 苦味にがみ nigami | bitterness / bitter taste |
| 苦鳴くめい ku mei | cries of pain |
| 苦役くえき kueki | hard toil |
| 苦力くーりー kuri | coolie |
| 苦労くろう kurou | troubles / hardships |
| 刻苦こくく koku ku | hard work |
| 困苦こんく konku | privation / hardship |
| 四苦しく shi ku | the four kinds of suffering |
| 死苦しく shi ku | inevitability of death / death pains / agony of death |
| 重苦じゅうく juu ku | intense suffering |
| 責苦せきく seki ku | torture / pains |
| 痛苦つうく tsuu ku | anguish / pain |
| 八苦はちく hachi ku | the eight kinds of suffering |
| 病苦びょうく byou ku | pain of sickness |
| 貧苦びんく bin ku | hardship / serious poverty |
| 労苦ろうく rouku | labor / labour / toil / hardship |
| ご苦労ごくろう go kurou | trouble |
| 一苦労ひとくろう hitokurou | a hard time / pains |
| 気苦労きぐろう kigurou | worry / care / anxiety |
| 苦い薬にがいくすり nigai kusuri | bitter medicine |
| 苦しいくるしい kurushi i | painful / difficult / agonizing / needy / tight / straitened / forced / lame / strained / awkward / painful / hard to do / unpleasant |
| 苦しさくるしさ kurushi sa | pain / anguish / distress / suffering / hardship |
| 苦しみくるしみ kurushi mi | pain / anguish / distress / suffering / hardship |
| 苦しむくるしむ kurushi mu | to suffer / to groan / to be worried |
| 苦り顔くりかお ku ri kao | sour face |
| 苦学生くがくなま kugaku nama | working student |
| 苦行者くぎょうもの kugyou mono | an ascetic |
| 苦笑いにがわらい nigawarai | bitter smile |
| 苦心談くしんだん kushin dan | account of the hardships one has encountered |
| 苦労人くろうにん kurounin | worldly-wise man |
| 苦労性くろうしょう kuroushou | nervous temperament / worry habit / pessimistic nature |
| 御苦労ごくろう gokurou | trouble |
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| Example Sentences with 苦 |
| 何で人生はこんなに苦悩でいっぱいなんだ？ 情熱は苦悩を生む。 あははは、ほんっと、隠し事するのが苦手なんだね～。 子供や赤ちゃんは生理的に苦手なの。 |
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