刻苦

Chinese

 
quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
 
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (刻苦)
simp. #(刻苦)

Etymology

Pronunciation


Adjective

刻苦

  1. industrious; assiduous; diligent
  2. (of life) basic; frugal

Synonyms

  • (industrious):

Antonyms

Adverb

刻苦

  1. industriously; assiduously; diligently; hard
    刻苦學習 / 刻苦学习   kèkǔ xuéxí   to study hard

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こく > こっ
Grade: 6

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

刻苦 (hiragana こっく, rōmaji kokku)

  1. hard work

Verb

刻苦する (hiragana こっくする, rōmaji kokku suru)

  1. work hard

Conjugation

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