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<WL>苦 [kǔ] bitter (taste/feeling); pain/suffering (痛苦, 艰苦); shame/poverty, sorrow/illness@@; (HDZ:) 苦菜; 象胆汁或黄连的味道 (ant. 甘, 甜) … [gǔ] 盬 [hù] (古地名) | <WL>苦 [kǔ] bitter (taste/feeling); pain/suffering (痛苦, 艰苦); shame/poverty, sorrow/illness@@; (HDZ:) 苦菜; 象胆汁或黄连的味道 (ant. 甘, 甜) … [gǔ] 盬 [hù] (古地名) | ||
| − | The character 苦() kǔ ‘sow-thistle (bitter herb); bitter (taste/etc)’ combines 艹(草 cǎo) ‘herbs’, and 古() gǔ ‘old’ (phonosemantic). | + | The character 苦() kǔ ‘sow-thistle (bitter herb); bitter (taste/etc.)’ combines 艹(草 cǎo) ‘herbs’, and 古() gǔ ‘old’ (phonosemantic). |
Compare: 辜() gū ‘crime’, which formerly also wr. 苦 kǔ ‘pain/suffering’. | Compare: 辜() gū ‘crime’, which formerly also wr. 苦 kǔ ‘pain/suffering’. | ||
Compare: 故() gù ‘(past) cause/reason’; 固() gù ‘firm/solid’ (SW: ‘strategic/secure position’). | Compare: 故() gù ‘(past) cause/reason’; 固() gù ‘firm/solid’ (SW: ‘strategic/secure position’). | ||
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