in English

adjective HSK 4
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

Measure word

  • diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 苦 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 苦 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 不管训练多么艰苦,她都没有哭过。

    No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.

  • 为什么生活充满着那么多痛苦?

    Why is life so full of suffering?

  • 他儿子的犯罪行为给他带来了很大的痛苦。

    His son's criminal activities caused him great pain.

  • 他受不了咖啡的苦味。

    He couldn't stand the bitterness of the coffee.

  • 他被一件辛苦的工作累坏了。

    He was tired out by an awfully tough job.

  • 失业之后他捱过了一段非常艰苦的日子。

    After losing his job, he went through a very difficult time.

  • 她看上去很幸福,但是在她内心深处,她受着痛苦。

    She looks happy, but deep down, she suffers.

  • 學習英語很辛苦。

    Learning English is hard work.

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