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苦

bitter; hardship, suffering; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly

Strokes
8
Pinyin
kǔ

Parts

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Words with 苦

  1. 五味wǔ wèi · wuweithe five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸; all kinds of flavors
  2. 何苦hé kǔ · hekuwhy bother?; is it worth the trouble?
  3. 八苦bā kǔ · bakuthe eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
  4. 冤苦yuān kǔ · yuankuto treat (sb) unjustly; anguish caused by an injustice
  5. 刻苦kè kǔ · kekuhardworking; assiduous
  6. 劳苦láo kǔ · laokuto toil; hard work
  7. 勤苦qín kǔ · qinkuhardworking; assiduous
  8. 受苦shòu kǔ · shoukuto suffer hardship
  9. 叫苦jiào kǔ · jiaokuto whine about hardships; to complain of one's bitter lot; to complain
  10. 吃苦chī kǔ · chikuto bear hardships
  11. 命苦mìng kǔ · mingkuto be born under an ill star
  12. 四谛sì dì · sidithe Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
  13. 困苦kùn kǔ · kunkudeprivation; distressed; miserable
  14. 悲苦bēi kǔ · beikuforlorn; miserable
  15. 凄苦qī kǔ · qikubleak; miserable
  16. 愁苦chóu kǔ · choukuanxiety; distress
  17. 挖苦wā kǔ · wakuto speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wa1 ku5]
  18. 清苦qīng kǔ · qingkudestitute but honest; poor and simple; spartan
  19. 甘苦gān kǔ · gankugood times and hardships; joys and tribulations; for better or for worse
  20. 疾苦jí kǔ · jikupain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
  21. 病苦bìng kǔ · bingkupains (of illness); sufferings (esp. in Buddhism)
  22. 痛苦tòng kǔ · tongkupain; suffering; painful
  23. 穷苦qióng kǔ · qiongkuimpoverished; destitute
  24. 艰苦jiān kǔ · jiankudifficult; hard; arduous
  25. 苦主kǔ zhǔ · kuzhu(old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc); (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit
  26. 苦事kǔ shì · kushihard job; arduous task
  27. 苦刑kǔ xíng · kuxingtorture; corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
  28. 苦力kǔ lì · kulibitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
  29. 苦功kǔ gōng · kugonghard work; laborious effort; painstaking work
  30. 苦劳kǔ láo · kulaotoil; hard work

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