Kanji
苦
Suffering
Also: Hardship, Trial, Worry, Bitter, Suffer
On'yomi
- く ku
Kun'yomi
- くる(しむ) kurushimu
- ぐる(しい) gurushii
- にが(い) nigai
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 苦
苦 has 8 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 艸 (grass), number 140. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 3 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji