Unicode: U+82E6

Pinyin: kǔ gǔ

Definition

* 像胆汁或黄连的滋味,与"甘"相对。 甘~。~胆。~瓜。 * 感觉难受的。 ~境。~海(原为佛教用语,后喻很苦的环境)。~闷。含辛茹~。吃~耐劳。~恼。 * 为某种事所苦。 ~雨。~旱。~夏。~于(❶对某种情况感到苦恼;❷表示相比之下更苦些)。 * 有耐心地,尽力地。 ~劝。~口婆心。刻~。~心孤诣。 * 使受苦。 那件事可~了你啦!

bitter; hardship, suffering

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC