bitter; to suffer; hardship

HSK 4 #634

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 634th character
Radical ⾋ (140.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 999

Definitions

苦 kǔ
  1. 1. bitter
  2. 2. to suffer
  3. 3. hardship
  4. 4. pain
  5. 5. painstakingly
  6. 6. to bring suffering to

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Words containing 苦

Word Meaning
to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; exhausting
pain; suffering; painful
difficult; hard; arduous
hardworking; assiduous
bitter and astringent; pained; agonized
to bear hardships
after hardship comes happiness
to suffer hardship
suffering
distressed; vexed
persistently; strenuously; painful
to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
sufferings
secret trouble; difficulties; sorrow
unskilled laborer; hard, bitter work
painstakingly; with great trouble
suffering; pain
miserable; distressed; deprivation
fig. painful consequence; lit. bitter fruit
to ask for trouble (idiom)
impoverished; destitute
depressed; dejected; feeling low
coolie; hard labor (in penal code)
depths of misery
to complain; to grumble; grievance
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