A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 8 strokes

Suffering ; Trial ; Worry ; Hardship ; Feel Bitter ; Scowl

Readings on: ク
Kun readings: くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る

苦いにがい — bitter

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 苦痛くつう — pain Word card → Source
• 苦労くろう — trials; pain; worries Word card → Source
• 苦手にがて — something for which one is not gifted; no one whom one cannot stand, with whom one is uncomfortable; bad (to) Word card → Source
• 苦味にがみ — bitterness; bitter taste Source
• 苦情くじょう — complaint; complaint Source
• 病苦びょうく — suffering from a sick person Source