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 |
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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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