Memory phrase for the Kanji: 苦

苦

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Meaning bitter, pain, worries

Pronunciation

KU
nigai, kurushii

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: old 古 (image of a tomb stone)

Mnemonic
 
Plants (or herbs) that are old, taste bitter.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
古 oldPicture of a gravestone
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 Vocabulary

 苦い  にがい  bitter
 苦しい  くるしい  painful, difficult
 苦衷  くちゅう  distress, grief
 無茶苦茶  むちゃくちゃ  (uk) confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable
 苦しむ  くるしむ  to suffer, groan, be worried
 苦労  くろう  troubles, hardships
 苦心  くしん  pain, trouble, anxiety, diligence
 苦情  くじょう  complaint, troubles, objection
 苦手  にがて  poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)

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