八苦
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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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 • (hakku)
- (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 (shikuhakku)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN