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JLPT N3 · Feelings & personality

苦しい

くるしい

painful; hard

Stroke order of 苦しい

3 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

苦 · 8 strokesし · 1 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

In "苦" old "古" bitter grass "艹" is chewed for medicine: a painful, hard taste.

Parts: 苦 bitter, suffering (艹 grass + 古 old) + しい adjective ending

The characters in 苦しい

  • し し — shi (1 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

走りすぎて、息が苦しいです。

はしりすぎて、いきがくるしいです。

I ran too much and it's hard to breathe.

Words with 苦

苦いbitter苦手poor at; weak point苦情complaint

More words: Feelings & personality

感情emotion; feelings喜ぶto be glad; to rejoice悲しむto grieve; to be sad怒るto get angry驚くto be surprised笑うto laugh; to smile泣くto cry恥ずかしいembarrassed; shy寂しいlonely優しいkind; gentle厳しいstrict; severe素直honest; obedient不安anxiety; uneasy自信self-confidence

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