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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苦楚

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苦楚 kǔ chǔ - suffering
- misery
- pain (esp. psychological)

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
- - 26,125 39,445 23,199

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
chǔ- surname Chu
- abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2nan2 Sheng3] provinces together
- Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
chǔ- distinct
- clear
- orderly
- pain
- suffering
- deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
- punishment cane (old)

Other Words Containing 苦楚

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
苦楚 - - 26,125 39,445 23,199