苦

く

pain

Meanings

noun pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
Buddhism duhkha (suffering)

Its kanji

苦ク · くる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

In sentences

人生じんせいは苦くなり。 Life is hard. #3506636

楽らくは苦くの種たね苦くは楽らくの種たね。 One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain. #184135