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dailycharacter
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Pronunciation
:
kŭ
Meaning
:
bitter, pain/suffering
Etymology
:
Plant 艸 (abbreviated to 艹) + 古 (phonetic).
(
phono-semantic compound
).
Traditional character
: 苦 (roughly the same)
Found in
:
Li Bai's 宿五松山荀媪家
Li Shen's 悯农
Word of the day on: 06.12.08