単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#5,618 most used

苦

く1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

suffering; hardship

ITS KANJI

苦sufferingread く here18 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

He had no difficulty swimming across the river.

from Tatoeba

IN OTHER SENTENCES

No sweet without sweat.

from Tatoeba · KK_kaku_

MEANINGS

1

pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

duhkha (suffering)

noun

SOUNDS THE SAME

句section (i.e. of text); sentence; passageく
区ward; borough; city (in tokyo)く · not in tangoya
九nineく · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#5,618 most used

Written苦 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium