Character Details
| bitter | Ascii: N/A | w990 | |||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Phonetics | Tone | Category | Alternative Sounds | ||
| 苦 | kǔ | koo | 3 | 4 | Not Available | ||
| Frequency | Equation | Components | Wikitionary | Picture | |||
| 327 | N/A | N/A | 苦 link |  | |||
| Story | Notes | ||||||
| In ancient China, doctors used grass to make bitter medicine | This character is a combination of 'grass' and 'old'. An old plant is not going to taste very good! This character also means 'illness'. | ||||||
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| 1. Thank you for all the trouble you have taken, you've worked hard | 2. --Research Pending-- | ||||||
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