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苦 = 艹 + 古

苦 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bitter”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 古 (old). It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword
bitter
Pinyin (Mandarin)
kǔ
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
горький
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
苦 suffering

Decomposition

ids

  1. 艹 grass
  2. 古 old

Characters that contain 苦

How to find 苦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “old”. 苦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 苦 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.