苦

kǔ = ku + Ø3

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.

苦 character breakdown

苦
- 古
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 口
- 艹

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

古 = 十 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

cǎo = c + ao3

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.

Characters with 苦 as component

kǔ = ku + Ø3

broken utensil

hù = hu + Ø4

(tree)

Words with 苦

to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work

solitary and impoverished (idiom)

to be born under an ill star

persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination

variant of 孤苦伶仃[gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1]

to study hard / assiduous

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A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.

to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings

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to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery

Sentences with 苦

苦 currently does not appear in any sentence.