苦 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- クく · ku
- Kun
- くる(しい)・くる(しむ)・にが(い)・にが(る)kuru(shii) · kuru(shimu) · niga(i) · niga(ru)
- Meaning
- bitter, painful, suffering
Stroke order
Origin
草 (plant) + 古 (sound). A bitter-tasting plant; from there it also came to mean 'painful, hard'.
Readings and examples
| Onクくku | 苦心くしん苦労くろう辛苦しんく |
|---|---|
| Kunくるしいkurushii | 苦しいくるしい苦しがるくるしがる見苦しいみぐるしい |
| Kunくるしむkurushimu | 苦しむくるしむ苦しみくるしみ |
| Kunくるしめるkurushimeru | 苦しめるくるしめる |
| Kunにがいnigai | 苦いにがい苦虫にがむし苦々しいにがにがしい |
| Kunにがるnigaru | 苦り切るにがりきる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 苦手にがて
not good at, dislike
- 苦心くしん
hard work, pains
- 苦労くろう
- 苦悩くのう
- 苦渋くじゅう
- 苦悶くもん
- 苦心惨憺くしんさんたん
- 艱苦かんく
Example
わたしは 歌が 苦手です。
I am not good at singing.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)