8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N3
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Kun'yomi
く る し い painful ②distressing ③hard to do -ぐる しい く る し む to suffer く る し め る to torment ②to harass に が い bitter に が る to feel bitter
On'yomi
ク pain ②duhkha (suffering)
Main Radical
艸(KanXi)
Reading Commonality
| ク | 45.3% |
| くるしい-ぐるしいくるしむくるしめる | 39.1% |
| にがいにがる | 15.6% |
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 82E6 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-22-76 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 3928 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 5009 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2243 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 2789 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 1433 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1932 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 225 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 239 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 597 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 687 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 264 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 30797P |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 264 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 545 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 554 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 197 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 864 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 283 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 295 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 344 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 342 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 646 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 230 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3k5.24 |
| Four corner code | 4460.4 |
| De Roo Code | 1977 |