苦心

Chinese

 
bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
heart; mind
trad. (苦心)
simp. #(苦心)

Pronunciation


Noun

苦心

  1. pains; efforts; hard work

Adverb

苦心

  1. with strenuous efforts; painstakingly

Descendants

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 2
goon on’yomi

Etymology

From () (ku, hard, energetically) + (しん) (shin, heart).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しん) • (kushin) くしん (kusin)?

  1. pains, efforts, hard work

Derived terms

  • ()(しん)(さん)(たん) (kushin santan): taking great pains
  • ()(しん)(だん) (kushindan): account of the hardships one has encountered

Idioms

  • ()(しん)()われる (kushin o kawareru): have one's labor appreciated

Verb

()(しん)する • (kushin suru) くしん (kusin)?intransitive suru (stem ()(しん) (kushin shi), past ()(しん)した (kushin shita))

  1. make strenuous efforts, be at pains to, struggle to
    ()(しん)して
    kushin shite
    with great pains

Conjugation

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

苦心 • (gosim) (hangeul 고심)

  1. Hanja form? of 고심.
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