苦

Glyph origin
– bitter (as in bitter plants).

Etymology 1
From ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (STEDT; ). Within Chinese, cognate with.

Definitions

 * 1) bitter
 * 2) difficult; painful; hard
 * 3) hardship; suffering
 * 4)  excessive
 * 5)  to cause someone suffering; to give someone a hard time
 * 6) to suffer from; to be handicapped by
 * 7)  to worry about; to be concerned about
 * 8) strenuously; painstakingly
 * 1) to suffer from; to be handicapped by
 * 2)  to worry about; to be concerned about
 * 3) strenuously; painstakingly
 * 1) strenuously; painstakingly

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1) bitter taste
 * 2) pain, anguish, suffering, discomfort, hardship, worry
 * 3)  dukkha, suffering

Compounds

 * : magnesia, magnesium oxide
 * : a
 * : bitter tea

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) suffering
 * 2)  dukkha