八苦

八苦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	苦
はち > はっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) は​っく [háꜜkkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

八苦(はっく) • (hakku) 

1. (Buddhism) the eight kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha

Derived terms

• 四苦八苦(しくはっく) (shikuhakku)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN