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Chinese symbol for “chore”

苦差
kǔ chāi
hard task; difficult mission; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; drudgery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chore is 苦差 (kǔ chāi), defined as: hard task; difficult mission; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; drudgery; grind; chore.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

苦 kǔ
bitter; hardship, suffering
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes
差 chāi
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
radical 48 ⼯ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 苦差.

WordPinyinMeaning
痛苦tòng kǔpain; suffering
辛苦xīn kǔexhausting; hard
苦难 (苦難)kǔ nànsuffering
艰苦 (艱苦)jiān kǔdifficult; hard
苦恼 (苦惱)kǔ nǎovexed; distressed
受苦shòu kǔto suffer hardship
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly

See also: Japanese symbol for “chore”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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