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HSK 6
HSK 5
苦
kǔ
1.
bitter
2.
hardship
3.
pain
4.
to suffer
5.
to bring suffering to
6.
painstakingly
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
苦瓜
kǔguā
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
苦竹
kǔzhú
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
苦涩
kǔsè
bitter and astringent
苦熬
kǔáo
to endure (years of suffering)
苦甘
kǔgān
bitter sweet
苦窑
kǔyáo
(slang) prison
苦楝
kǔliàn
chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
苦海
kǔhǎi
lit. sea of bitterness
苦命
kǔmìng
hard lot
苦味
kǔwèi
bitter taste
苦心
kǔxīn
painstaking effort
苦楚
kǔchǔ
suffering
苦根
kǔgēn
underlying cause of poverty
苦痛
kǔtòng
pain
甘苦
gānkǔ
good times and hardships
苦主
kǔzhǔ
victim's family (esp. in murder case)
苦活
kǔhuó
bitter work
艰苦
jiānkǔ
difficult
苦力
kǔlì
bitter work
苦刑
kǔxíng
torture
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 633
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,181 of 84,292