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Chinese
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bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
ache; pain; sorrow
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| trad. (苦痛)
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苦
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痛
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| simp. #(苦痛)
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苦
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痛
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| anagram
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痛苦
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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苦
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苦
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痛
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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溪 (29)
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溪 (29)
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透 (6)
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| Final (韻)
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模 (23)
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模 (23)
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東 (1)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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康杜切
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苦故切
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他貢切
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| Baxter
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khuX
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khuH
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thuwngH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/kʰuoX/
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/kʰuoH/
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/tʰuŋH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/kʰuoX/
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/kʰuoH/
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/tʰuŋH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/kʰoX/
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/kʰoH/
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/tʰuŋH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/kʰɔX/
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/kʰɔH/
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/tʰəwŋH/
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Li
Rong
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/kʰoX/
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/kʰoH/
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/tʰuŋH/
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Wang
Li
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/kʰuX/
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/kʰuH/
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/tʰuŋH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/kʰuoX/
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/kʰuoH/
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/tʰuŋH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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kǔ
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kù
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tòng
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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fu2
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fu3
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tung3
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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苦
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痛
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kǔ
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tòng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khuX ›
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‹ thuwngH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰˁaʔ/
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/*l̥ˁoŋ-s/
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| English
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bitter
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to be pained
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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苦
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苦
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痛
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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4242
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4243
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15433
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Phonetic
component
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古
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古
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用
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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苦
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絝
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痛
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰaːʔ/
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/*kʰaːs/
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/*l̥ʰoːŋs/
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Noun
苦痛
- agony; pain; suffering
- Synonym: 痛苦 (tòngkǔ)
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
苦痛 • (kutsū)
- agony, pain
- distress, torment, anguish
Synonyms
See also
Korean
Noun
苦痛 • (gotong) (hangeul 고통)
- hanja form? of 고통 (“pain”)