苦涩 — Semantide dictionary

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bitter and astringent; pained; agonized
trad. 苦澀

Also written 苦澀【kǔ sè】

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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苦

Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bitter, hardship, pain, to suffer, to bring suffering to, painstakingly

Pinyin: kǔ

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 5535 of 2500

Words starting with 苦 Words ending in 苦 Anywhere in a word

涩

Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

astringent, tart, acerbity, unsmooth, rough (surface), hard to understand, obscure

Pinyin: sè
Traditional: 澀

Strokes: 10
Frequency: 45894 of 2500

Words starting with 涩 Words ending in 涩 Anywhere in a word