苦 — kǔ

горький; лишения, страдание

bitter; hardship, suffering

Состав / Components

Ключ / radical: 艹

pictophonetic трава

八苦 bā kǔ — the 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)
受苦 shòu kǔ — to suffer hardship
吃苦 chī kǔ — to bear hardships
命苦 mìng kǔ — to be born under an ill star
清苦 qīng kǔ — destitute but honest; poor and simple
病苦 bìng kǔ — pains (of illness); sufferings (esp. in Buddhism)
苦主 kǔ zhǔ — (old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc)
苦事 kǔ shì — hard job; arduous task