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苦 — suffering, trial, worry

N3 8 strokes #623 most common

Stroke order · 8 strokes

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Readings

音 ク
訓 くるしい、ぐるしい、くるしむ、くるしめる、にがい、にがる
Meaning suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
नेपाली कष्ट · दुःख

How to remember it

घाँस (艹くさかんむり) पुरानो (古ふるい) हुँदा त्यसको स्वाद तितो (苦にが) हुन्छ।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

JLPT N3 · Day 7 Explore course → JLPT N2 · Day 6 Explore course →

Practice sheets

A4 grid to print and write on.

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Words using 苦

  • 苦労くろう hardship, trouble कठिनाइ course
  • 苦にがい bitter तितो course
  • 苦くるしい distressful, trying गाह्रो / कष्टकर course
  • 苦手にがて a weak point (be bad (at)) कमजोर पक्ष course
  • 苦痛くつう pain/agony पीडा course
  • 苦情くじょう complaint गुनासो course
  • 苦心くしん pains/efforts संघर्ष course
  • ご苦労様くろうさま Thank you for your hard work धन्यवाद (कामको लागि) course
  • 苦味にがみ bitterness तितोपना course

Example sentences

This medicine is very bitter.
यो औषधि धेरै तितो छ।
I ran a lot, so I am short of breath.
धेरै कुदेकोले सास फेर्न गाह्रो भइरहेको छ।
I am bad at mathematics.
म गणितमा कमजोर छु।
He experienced a lot of hardships when he was young.
उनले युवा उमेरमा धेरै कठिनाइ भोगे।