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苦 = 艹 + 古
苦 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “suffering”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 古 (old). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 239.
- Keyword
- suffering
- RTK frame
- 239
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- страдание
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 苦 bitter
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 苦 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “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.