197 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
283 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
264 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
597 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3928 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
264 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
864 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
687 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
545 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
554 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
342 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
646 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2789 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1433 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
230 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30797P | Morohashi |
2243 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5009 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
225 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
239 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
344 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
295 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
623 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 苦 【ク】 pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship, duhkha (suffering)
- 苦境 【クキョウ】 difficult situation, adverse circumstances, predicament, trouble, dilemma, distress
- 生活苦 【セイカツク】 hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money), life's struggles
- 病苦 【ビョウク】 pain of sickness
Kun reading compounds
- 苦しい 【くるしい】 painful, difficult, tough, hard, distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position), straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling, strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched, hard to do, unpleasant
- 苦しい言い訳 【くるしいいいわけ】 lame excuse, poor excuse
- 苦しむ 【くるしむ】 to suffer, to groan, to be worried
- 苦しめる 【くるしめる】 to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt, to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
- 苦い 【にがい】 bitter
- 苦い薬 【にがいくすり】 bitter medicine
- 苦る 【にがる】 to feel bitter, to scowl
Readings
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- sufrimiento
- pena
- doloroso
- penoso
- trabajoso
- amargo
Portuguese
- sofrimento
- experiência
- preocupar
- dificuldade
- sentir- se amargo
- tristeza
French
- souffrir
- peine
- affliction
- souci
- amer
- renfrogné
1977 | 2001 Kanji |
3k5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
4460.4 | Four corner code |
1-22-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
82e6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32804 | Morohashi |
3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1671 | 2001 Kanji |
6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-3 | SKIP code |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
5013.6 | Four corner code |
1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
866b | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 噛む 【かむ】 to bite, to chew, to gnaw, to masticate, to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer, to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore), to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together, to be involved in, to convince, to persuade
- 齧る 【かじる】 to gnaw, to nibble, to bite, to munch, to crunch, to dabble in, to know a little bit about, to learn a little of, to have a smattering of
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1012 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
885 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4516X | Morohashi |
888 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2172 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2290 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3d15.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-12 | SKIP code |
6107.2 | Four corner code |
1-19-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
565b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壊滅 【カイメツ】 (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
- 潰瘍 【カイヨウ】 ulcer
- 全壊 【ゼンカイ】 complete destruction
- 擂潰 【ライカイ】 grinding
Kun reading compounds
- 潰す 【つぶす】 to smash, to crush, to flatten, to shut down, to put out of business, to force (a company) to close up shop, to wreck, to break, to block, to thwart, to butcher, to slaughter, to kill (livestock, for food), to kill (time), to while away (the time), to use up (one's time), to waste (e.g. talents)
- 潰れる 【つぶれる】 to be crushed, to be squashed, to be smashed, to be destroyed, to be broken, to collapse, to go bankrupt, to go under, to fail, to collapse, to be ruined (of a plan), to be cancelled, to collapse (e.g. of a project), to fall through, to blow up, to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.), to cease functioning, to be taken up (of one's time), to be lost, to be wasted, to be missed (of a chance), to be lost, to be lost (of face, composure, etc.), to broken down (e.g. of one's courage), to be broken (of one's heart), to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.), to wear away, to become dull, to get dead drunk
- 潰える 【ついえる】 to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.), to be destroyed, to fall through, to break down, to be completely defeated (in battle), to be wiped out, to be routed
Readings
- Korean:
- gwe
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2701 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1229 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
919 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
677 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
18281 | Morohashi |
743 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3335 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2319 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1911 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3a12.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-12 | SKIP code |
3518.6 | Four corner code |
1-36-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6f70 | Unicode hex code |