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
pains (of illness); sufferings (esp. in Buddhism)
white-breasted waterhen bird
white-breasted waterhen bird
hard work will be rewarded
Heaven rewards hard work
physical pain; lit. skin and flesh suffer
cape gooseberry; Peruvian ground-cherry; Physalis peruviana
cape gooseberry; Peruvian ground-cherry; Physalis peruviana
to think hard (idiom); to give sth much thought
to think hard (idiom); to give sth much thought
impoverished; destitute
(bird species of China) brown crake (Amaurornis akool)
(bird species of China) brown crake (Amaurornis akool)
to escape from the abyss of suffering
to escape from the abyss of suffering
to bring trouble on oneself
to ask for trouble (idiom)
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
good medicine tastes bitter; hard truth hurts
good advice is hard to accept
difficult; hard; arduous
to struggle arduously