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Kanji Grade 3 - 苦

Kanji character Grade 3 苦. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 苦
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suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Kun: くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
On: ク
8 strokes
Radical: grass 艸 (艹)
Parts: 十 口 艾
 
Onyomi
苦 【ク】 pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship, duhkha (suffering)
苦境 【クキョウ】 difficult situation, adverse circumstances, predicament, trouble, dilemma, distress
生活苦 【セイカツク】 life's struggles
病苦 【ビョウク】 pain of sickness
 
Kunyomi
苦しい 【くるしい】 painful, difficult, tough, hard, distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position), straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling, strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched, hard to do, unpleasant
苦しい言い訳 【くるしいいいわけ】 lame excuse, poor excuse
苦しむ 【くるしむ】 to suffer, to groan, to be worried
苦しめる 【くるしめる】 to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt, to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
苦い 【にがい】 bitter
苦い薬 【にがいくすり】 bitter medicine
苦る 【にがる】 to feel bitter, to scowl