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Chinese symbol for “strenuously”

苦苦
kǔ kǔ
strenuously; persistently; hard; painful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strenuously is 苦苦 (kǔ kǔ), defined as: strenuously; persistently; hard; painful.

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
苦
苦 kǔ
bitter; hardship, suffering
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “strenuously”

WordPinyinMeaning
力lìpower; force

Related words

Other words that share a character with 苦苦.

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

See also: Japanese symbol for “strenuously”.

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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