苦 (く) — suffering, pain, hardship

苦く suffering

Frequency #5320 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 1 character noun

く

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. く[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

suffering
pain
hardship

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

く苦 suffering

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苦(く)労(ろう) kurou hardship 苦(にが)手(て) nigate weak point 苦(くる)しい kurushii painful 苦(くる)しむ kurushimu to suffer 苦(く)笑(しょう) kushou bitter smile 苦(く)痛(つう) kutsuu pain 苦(くる)しみ kurushimi suffering 苦(く)情(じょう) kujou complaint

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Meanings

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 苦 (22)

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