Character data
HSK
4
FREQUENCY
634th character
RADICAL
⾋ (140.5)
STROKES
8
INDEX #
999
Character data
| HSK | 4 |
| Frequency | 634th character |
| Radical | ⾋ (140.5) |
| Strokes | 8 |
| Index # | 999 |
Definitions
| 苦 kǔ |
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Stroke order
Words containing 苦
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leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
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leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
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slightly bitter
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erhua variant of 苦不唧kǔ bu jī
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erhua variant of 苦不唧kǔ bu jī
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find joy in hardship; stay cheerful in pain
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find joy in hardship; be happy despite hard life
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hard job; arduous task
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toil; hard work
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liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
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lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良药苦口liáng yào kǔ kǒu)
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to have difficulty getting by
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affliction
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see 苦差kǔ chāi
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to work hard
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treat harshly
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to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
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to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
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depressed; dejected; feeling low
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wretched situation; plight; wretched
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distressed; vexed
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hard battle; bitter struggle; arduous effort
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hard times
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amygdalin
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underlying cause of poverty
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