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苦

JLPT N3 SL3 8 strokes Frequency: #623

Meanings

Suffering, Trial, Worry, Hardship, Feel Bitter, Scowl

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

にが niga

Words Using This Kanji

193 words total

Other (20 words)

bitter smile

distress

last resort

racking one's brains

to suffer

world of suffering

candid advice

bitter smile

pain

(mental) agony

trouble

painful

to worry

self-supporting student

poor (at)

pains

hard fight

bitterness

nervous temperament

worry

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