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 complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
poor and simple; destitute but honest; austere
victim's family (esp. in murder case)
liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
bitter cold
to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
to spare no effort
to make nothing of hardships
second persecution
dire straits
dire straits
to pour out one's grievances
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
the eight kinds of suffering in Buddhism
suffering from injustice
to rack one's brains
to think long and hard; to mull over (idiom)
assiduous; taking great pains
to study hard; assiduous
to study hard; assiduous
hardworking and able to bear hardship
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering