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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苦 kǔ - bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 2,947 1,718 682

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 艹 古

Radical:

艹

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

古

Semantic:

艹

Hint:

Grass

Other Words Containing 苦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
痛苦 5 3 855 1,819 806
辛苦 4 5 2,564 2,334 814
苦 4 4 2,947 1,718 682
艰苦 5 5 7,226 5,935 11,355
受苦 - 7 7,625 21,755 12,778
苦难 - 7 8,357 10,896 7,416
苦恼 - 7 8,978 11,539 8,797
苦苦 - - 10,709 10,616 7,661
挖苦 - 8 10,831 33,880 25,762
苦头 - - 11,956 22,078 33,833
刻苦 5 8 14,815 11,136 13,868
苦衷 - - 16,122 26,186 23,964
苦力 - 8 16,789 32,675 20,240
辛辛苦苦 - - 17,665 19,143 11,760
苦痛 - - 19,342 25,539 11,972
苦涩 - - 19,595 15,290 8,974
困苦 - - 20,843 30,982 18,101
苦果 - - 21,783 34,501 33,374
自讨苦吃 - - 22,204 58,763 37,950
穷苦 - - 22,404 36,017 28,253
苦闷 - - 23,311 22,073 16,548
苦工 - - 23,679 60,913 48,827
苦海 - - 23,707 40,269 24,412
诉苦 - 9 23,739 23,080 16,042
苦差 - - 24,600 96,374 78,886
千辛万苦 - - 24,895 26,870 15,351
苦练 - 9 25,587 18,892 24,696
苦楚 - - 26,125 39,445 23,199
何苦 - 9 26,221 18,911 9,354
苦瓜 - - 27,867 18,060 7,937
埋头苦干 - - 30,962 31,484 27,317
同甘共苦 - - 31,080 34,993 20,468
苦战 - - 31,122 17,746 41,961
吃苦 6 9 31,509 14,731 10,328
吃苦头 - - 31,578 70,555 68,941
贫苦 - - 31,778 27,525 38,253
含辛茹苦 - - 32,053 49,000 38,367
苦水 - - 32,081 41,720 34,704
苦心经营 - - 33,329 38,707 37,412
苦心 - 9 33,769 22,184 23,991
煞费苦心 - - 33,795 37,972 47,421
苦命 - - 34,266 33,693 17,446
疾苦 - - 34,860 27,170 33,183
孤苦伶仃 - - 35,116 66,425 42,289
劳苦 - - 35,784 39,867 29,200
命苦 - - 36,496 - -
苦不堪言 - - 36,791 30,541 24,015
苦干 - - 37,009 27,660 38,735
苦肉计 - - 37,682 62,981 48,924
酸甜苦辣 - 5 38,642 26,090 14,133
不辞劳苦 - - 39,203 61,982 64,431
苦于 - - 42,883 24,136 26,052
苦笑 - 9 42,906 7,436 16,043
苦行僧 - - 43,234 65,469 48,173
不辞辛苦 - - 43,799 - -
苦尽甘来 6 - 44,913 57,987 32,438
苦役 - - 45,662 64,436 55,907
艰苦奋斗 - 9 46,723 10,605 35,581
苦功 - - 47,727 44,610 30,050
苦活 - - 49,479 93,383 82,023
苦行 - - 49,607 61,764 54,282
吃苦耐劳 - - 49,848 29,970 30,306
苦口婆心 - - 50,822 38,090 33,886
甘苦 - - 52,783 43,018 33,106
叫苦 - - 53,911 30,770 33,012
苦思 - - 54,393 50,205 54,363
苦思冥想 - - 55,158 63,411 50,283
苦大仇深 - - 57,356 60,679 38,681
良苦用心 - - 57,793 41,882 40,343
苦刑 - - 57,871 - 121,544
苦味 - - 57,955 34,453 20,791
愁苦 - - 58,600 49,823 37,912
凄苦 - - 59,245 57,255 49,935
勤学苦练 - - 60,026 54,791 72,500
悲苦 - - 60,375 51,393 41,625
苦境 - - 61,538 - 70,724
忆苦思甜 - - 61,985 49,981 53,211
苦劳 - - 68,309 - -
苦寒 - - 78,258 46,832 42,526
苦参 - - 78,466 43,659 87,839
苦主 - - 78,824 - -
苦心孤诣 - - 84,557 91,093 111,572
清苦 - - 87,864 47,675 44,202
叫苦不迭 - - 89,650 43,406 71,909