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Meaning
Definition bitter; hardship, suffering
Pronunciation
Mandarin kǔ, gǔ
Cantonese (Jyutping)fu2
Cantonese (Yale)
Japanese Kunnigai, kurushii, kurushimu
Japanese Onku
Koreanko
Vietnamesekhổ
Related Characters
Look-Alikes
Same Structure & Phonetic Component(Sign-in required)
Input Method Codes
CangjieTJR
Four Corner4460.4
WuBiADF
Computer Encoding
Unicode U+82E6
Big 5AD57
GB2312BFE0
Common Words With This Character    
辛苦xīnkǔhard; exhausting; with much toil
艰苦jiānkǔdifficult; hard; arduous
痛苦tòngkǔpain; suffering; painful
刻苦kèkǔhardworking; assiduous
吃苦chīkǔto bear; hardships
贫苦pínkǔpoverty-stricken; poor
Character Rank
Traditional600
Simplified654
常用字表634
Hong Kong
Grade Level
2
E.g.: 中文

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