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苦

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苦

  • kǔ (ku³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄎㄨˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • ku³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • fu² Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • fu² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • ku³ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • fú Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • khú Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • fu³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • ku³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • ku² Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • kǔ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • kū Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • khó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • kou² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵khu Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • ku³ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • kǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • kǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • kʻu³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • kǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • kuu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ку Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /kʰu²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • ku Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
  • /kʰu⁵³/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA
  • gǔ (gu³) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄍㄨˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • gǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄍㄨˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • gǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • ku³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • gǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • guu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • гу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ku²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs）：意符 艸 (“草”) + 聲符 古 (上古 *kaːʔ) – 苦的（苦的植物）。

繼承自原始漢藏語 *b-ka (“苦的；鹹的”)；對照藏語 ཁ (kha，“苦的”)、西夏語 𗎖 (*khie¹，“苦的”) (STEDT；Jacques, 2014)。在漢語中，與肝 (上古 *kaːn, “肝臟”)同源。

釋義 𡿵 · 𩇵 · 瘔

  1. 一種令人無法入口、不舒服的味道 苦瓜
  2. 荼 (tú)之別名。（苦的植物）
  3. 難以忍受的境況、納悶的感覺
  4. 難過；困難 辛苦
  5. 區域用語 過分
  6. transitive 使某人難堪/為難
  7. 受折磨，經歷，飽受 魏武曰：「人苦無足，既得隴右，復欲得蜀！」
  8. Min Dong, obsolete 擔心，憂慮
  9. 盡力地；悉心地 苦笑
  10. 身心煩惱、不安、不滿足、不喜歡的狀態

Similar: 苦於, 苦于 · Opposite: 甘, 甜

釋義 𡿵 · 𩇵 · 瘔

  1. 盬的另一種寫法 盬

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 苦於, 苦于 · Opposite: 甘, 甜

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"苦." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8B%A6. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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苦. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8B%A6

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"苦." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8B%A6.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {苦},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8B%A6},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}