ク, くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

This kanji has 8 strokes: 6 in the "grass" radical (くさ) and 2 other strokes.

Sample compounds (30) :

  1. しい
    くるしい
    painful, difficult
  2. しみ
    くるしみ
    pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship
  3. しめる
    くるしめる
    to torment, to harass, to inflict pain
  4. になる
    くになる
    to be bothered (by something), to suffer

  5. ゆうく
    trouble, distress, sorrow

  6. くちゅう
    distress

  7. くろう
    (vs) troubles, hardships
  8. さま
    ごくろうさま
    (id) I appreciate your efforts

  9. くみ
    bitter taste
  10. しい
    かたくるしい
    formal, strict, ceremonious

  11. くど
    this painful world, magnesia

  12. にがり
    bittern, brine

  13. くがく
    (vs) paying one's own school expenses by working

  14. くしん
    (vs) pain, trouble, anxiety, diligence, hard work

  15. にんく
    endurance, stoicism

  16. くのう
    (vs) suffering, distress, affliction, anguish, agony, trouble
  17. である
    にがてである
    to be weak in, to be poor at, to be bad at

  18. くらく
    pleasure & pain, joys & sorrows

  19. くじゅう
    bitterness, mortification, difficulty in understanding, distress, affliction
  20. しい
    せまくるしい
    cramped

  21. にがわらい
    (vs) bitter smile
  22. しい
    いきぐるしい
    choking, oppressive, suffocating

  23. かんく
    privation suffering
  24. しい
    にがにがしい
    unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, shameful, scandalous
  25. しい
    にがにがしい
    unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, shameful, scandalous

  26. くりょ
    (vs) rack one's brains

  27. くぎょう
    penance, austerities, mortification

  28. くもん
    anguish

  29. くなん
    trial

  30. りく
    agony of separation
Kanji Character : 苦
Kuten Encoding : 2276
SJIS Encoding : 366c
Unicode Encoding : 82e6
Old Nelson Index : 3928
Radical Number : 140
Frequency Ranking : 548
Gakken Index : 597
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 2243
Heisig Index : 225
Henshall Index : 264
New Nelson Index : 5009
O'Neil Index : 687
Stroke Count : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3k5.24
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : k
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 24
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 545
SKIP Code : 2-3-5
De Roo Code : 1977
Four Corner Code : 4460.4
Korean reading : go
Pinyin reading : ku3
Morohashi Index String : 30797P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 9.0584
Morohashi Index Number : 30797
Morohashi Page : 584
Morohashi Volume : 9
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1977
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