辛苦 xīnkǔ hard

HSK 4 HSK 3.0 · Level 5 Practise with 辛苦 →

Stroke order

辛苦 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

辛苦 — the Chinese character for hard (xīnkǔ), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 辛苦 — hard

辛 — 7 strokes
苦 — 8 strokes

Senses

exhausting
hard
tough
arduous
to work hard
to go to a lot of trouble
hardship(s)

Characters in 辛苦

辛 xīn — (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
苦 kǔ — bitter; hardship; pain

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

辛苦 is pronounced xīnkǔ and means “hard”.

Say it out loud with Xiaolu →