苦
HSK 4 · Upper intermediate
苦 Stroke Order: How to Write 苦
- Pinyin
- kǔ
- Meaning
- bitter; hardship; pain
- Total strokes
- 8
More meanings
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
8 strokes苦 — 8 strokes
Radical: 艹 cǎo (grass, weed, plant, herb)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 6.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 7.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke