Word Meaning 八苦

はっく hakku

八苦 is read as はっく (hakku) and means 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).

Meaning

English

  1. 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)

Reading

Kana

はっく

Romaji

hakku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 85980 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and 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)

七難八苦

しちなんはっく

a series of disasters

八つ当たり

やつあたり

venting one's anger (on someone or something)

八千草

やちぐさ

variety of plants

八景

はっけい

eight picturesque sights

八部

はちぶ

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

八時間制

はちじかんせい

eight-hour day

八面体

はちめんたい

octahedron

八元数

はちげんすう

octonion

八進法

はっしんほう

octal numeral system

八面

はちめん

eight faces