Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
623 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 8
Meaning: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Kunyomi: くる.しい -ぐる.しい くる.しむ くる.しめる にが.い にが.る
Onyomi: ク
Composition: 艹 古
Radical: 艸
Reading: くさかんむり
Meaning: grass
Strokes: 3
苦労する(くろうする) suffer, toil
苦悩する(くのうする) agonize, be in anguish
苦心する(くしんする) make an effort, take pains
苦笑する(くしょうする) smile bitterly
苦痛(くつう) pain
苦情(くじょう) complaint
苦しい(くるしい) painful
苦い(にがい) bitter
苦手な(にがてな) poor (at)
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
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
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
623 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 8
Meaning: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Kunyomi: くる.しい -ぐる.しい くる.しむ くる.しめる にが.い にが.る
Onyomi: ク
Composition: 艹 古
Radical: 艸
Reading: くさかんむり
Meaning: grass
Strokes: 3
苦労する(くろうする) suffer, toil
苦悩する(くのうする) agonize, be in anguish
苦心する(くしんする) make an effort, take pains
苦笑する(くしょうする) smile bitterly
苦痛(くつう) pain
苦情(くじょう) complaint
苦しい(くるしい) painful
苦い(にがい) bitter
苦手な(にがてな) poor (at)
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
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