Kanji1 / 8
苦 kanji
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ク
Kun readings
くるしい-ぐるしいくるしむくるしめるにがいにがる
Words with 苦
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —苦海sea of suffering; human realm
- —衆苦numerous sufferings; suffering of many people
- —受苦suffering pain; experiencing hardship
- —諸苦numerous sufferings; various kinds of suffering
- —苦茗bitter tea; low-quality tea
- —苦味bitterness; bitter taste
- —苦薬bitter medicine
- —気苦労worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
- —苦学生self-supporting student; working student
- —苦労人person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
- —苦労性nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
- —ご苦労trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
- —人間苦human suffering
- —苦灰石dolomite
- —苦心談account of the hardships one has encountered
- —苦行者ascetic
- —微苦笑faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
- —一苦労a hard time; pains
- —責め苦torture; pains (of hell)
- —三重苦triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)