Medoru
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苦
JLPT N3 SL3 8 strokes Frequency: #623

Meanings

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

Radicals

θ‰Ή

Decomposition

⿱艹叀

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)
γ‚― ku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
くる kuru
にが niga

Words Using This Kanji

193 words total
Other (20 words)
雒苦 γ‚Šγ

agony of separation

粒々辛苦 γ‚Šγ‚…γ†γ‚Šγ‚…γ†γ—γ‚“γ

toil and moil

εŠ΄θ‹¦ ろうく

labor

苦々しい γ«γŒγ«γŒγ—γ„

unpleasant

苦汁 γ«γŒγ‚Š

bittern

息苦しい いきぐるしい

choking

θ‹¦εŸ γγŽγ‚“

laborious composition

苦もγͺく くもγͺく

easily

θ‹¦η°ηŸ³ くかいせき

dolomite

苦さ γ«γŒγ•

bitterness

θ‹¦γ‚Šεˆ‡γ‚‹ γ«γŒγ‚Šγγ‚‹

to look sour

胸苦しい γ‚€γͺぐるしい

(feeling of) tightness in the chest

苦肉 くにく

hurting oneself (to trick an adversary)

θ‹¦ζƒ…ε‡¦η†ζ©Ÿι–’ γγ˜γ‚‡γ†γ—γ‚‡γ‚Šγγ‹γ‚“

grievance machinery

苦心談 くしんだん

account of the hardships one has encountered

θ‹¦γ—η΄›γ‚Œ γγ‚‹γ—γΎγŽγ‚Œ

(out of) desperation

θ‹¦γΏγ°γ—γ£γŸ γ«γŒγΏγ°γ—γ£γŸ

sternly handsome

苦熱 くね぀

intense heat

θ‹¦θ‘Œθ€… γγŽγ‚‡γ†γ—γ‚ƒ

ascetic

ζ°—θ‹¦εŠ΄ きぐろう

worry

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