苦
commonsuffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl
Radical: 艹 (grass). Strokes: 8画. Elements: 口十⺾. . Hangul: 고 [go].
Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| クKU | 苦学【くがくkugaku】paying one's own school expenses by working 病苦【びょうくbyōku】pain of sickness 重苦しい【おもくるしいomokurushii】heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden |
| くるしいkurushii | 重苦しい【おもくるしいomokurushii】heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden 堅苦しい【かたくるしいkatakurushii】formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff 苦しい【くるしいkurushii】painful; needy; forced (smile, joke); awkward (situation); (after masu stem) hard to do |
| くるしむkurushimu | 苦しむ【くるしむkurushimu】to suffer; to groan; to be worried 借金で苦しむ【しゃっきんでくるしむshakkindekurushimu】to be distressed with debts もがき苦しむ【もがきくるしむmogakikurushimu】to writhe in agony |
| くるしめるkurushimeru | 苦しめる【くるしめるkurushimeru】to torment; to harass; to inflict pain 親を苦しめる【おやをくるしめるoyawokurushimeru】to cause one's parents distress |
| にがいnigai | 苦い【にがいnigai】bitter 苦い薬【にがいくすりnigaikusuri】bitter medicine ホロ苦い【ホロにがいhoronigai】bittersweet; slightly bitter; something that has a strong taste that adults favor |
| にがるnigaru | 苦る【にがるnigaru】to feel bitter; to scowl |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 82e6 | – | Unicode |
| 22-76 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-3-5 | – | SKIP |
| 3k5.24 | – | TKD |
| 4460.4 | – | Four Corner |
| 1977 | – | De Roo |
| 3928 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 5009 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2243 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1433 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 225 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 597 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 687 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 264 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 30797P | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 9 p. 584 |
| 264 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 545 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 197 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 864 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 283 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 295 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 344 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 342 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 646 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 230 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |