KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小38 strokesRadical 艸

苦 · suffering, trial

苦 is a kanji meaning suffering, trial, worry, hardship. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 苦
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
苦いにがい	にがい	bitter	N4
苦痛くつう	くつう	pain, agony	N3
苦しいくるしい	くるしい	tough; physically strenuous	N3
苦しむくるしむ	くるしむ	to suffer, to groan, to be worried	N3
苦労くろう	くろう	hardship; suffering	N3
苦く	く	trouble, worry, difficulty	N3

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More words that use 苦
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
苦手にがて	にがて	poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)	N3
苦情くじょう	くじょう	complaint, grievance, grumble	N2
苦心くしん	くしん	pain, trouble	N2
ご苦労様ごくろうさま	ごくろうさま	Thank you for your hard work	N2
見苦しいみぐるしい	みぐるしい	unsightly, ugly	N1
無茶苦茶むちゃくちゃ	むちゃくちゃ	confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable	N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

8 strokes