Meanings

suffering, pain, bitterness, hardship

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹古

Etymology

Pictophonetic: grass

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical top-to-bottom

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 vertical bottom-to-top

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ク ku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くる kuru

ぐる guru

にが niga

Words Using This Kanji

190 words total

くる (3 words)

苦しいくるしい

painful / hard / distressing

寝苦しいねぐるしい

hard to sleep / uncomfortable to sleep

産みの苦しみうみのくるしみ

labor pains / birth pangs / growing pains

にが (1 words)

苦笑いにがわらい

wry smile / bitter smile / embarrassed grin

Other (186 words)

pain

bitter

to feel bitter

bitterness

pain

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