Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 8

苦

Meaning in English

suffering, trial, worry

Readings

Onyomi: ク Kunyomi: くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る Romaji: ku / kuru.shii, -guru.shii, kuru.shimu, kuru.shimeru, niga.i, niga.ru

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苦

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese sofrimento, provação, preocupação

Spanish sufrimiento, prueba, preocupación

Korean 고통, 시련, 걱정

French souffrance, épreuve, inquiétude

Italian sofferenza, prova, preoccupazione

German Leiden, Prüfung, Sorge

Indonesian penderitaan, cobaan, kekhawatiran

★ Vietnamese đau khổ, thử thách, lo lắng

Thai ความทุกข์ การทดลอง ความกังวล

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 芋 u / imo potato, pomme de terre, patata N1 莞 kan / i smiling, reed used to cover tatami, junco usado para cubrir el tatami N2 著 cho, chaku / arawa.su, ichijiru.shii renowned, publish, write N1 菊 kiku chrysanthemum, chrysanthème, crisantemo N2 菓 ka candy, cakes, fruit N1 菌 kin germ, fungus, bacteria N2 菜 sai / na vegetable, side dish, greens N1 萌 hou / mo.eru, kiza.su, mebae, kiza.shi show symptoms of, sprout, bud N1 菖 shou iris, iris

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 見苦しい migurushii unsightly, ugly N1 無茶苦茶 muchakucha confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable N2 苦情 kujou complaint, grievance, grumble N2 苦心 kushin pain, trouble N2 ご苦労様 gokurousama Thank you for your hard work N3 苦痛 kutsuu pain, suffering, agony N3 苦しい kurushii painful, difficult, suffocating N3 苦しむ kurushimu suffer, be in pain, struggle N3 苦労 kurou hardship, trouble, effort

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 早く起きるのが苦手です。 Hayaku okiru no ga nigate desu. I am bad at waking up early.