四苦
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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四 | 苦 |
し Grade: 1 | く Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しく [shìkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
- (Tokyo) しく [shíꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
四苦 • (shiku)
- (Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death
Derived terms
- 四苦八苦 (shikuhakku)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN