Word Meaning 惨苦

さんく sanku

惨苦 is read as さんく (sanku) and means terrible pain.

Meaning

English

terrible pain
terrible hardship
terrible suffering

Reading

Kana

さんく

Romaji

sanku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 127400 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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苦心惨憺

くしんさんたん

taking great pains

惨敗

さんぱい

ignominious defeat

惨め

みじめ

miserable

惨事

さんじ

disaster

惨状

さんじょう

disastrous scene

惨劇

さんげき

tragedy

惨禍

さんか

calamity

惨殺

ざんさつ

slaughter

惨死体

ざんしたい

corpse of a person who has met a violent death

惨状を極める

さんじょうをきわめる

to present a very terrible (miserable) sight

惨話

さんわ

heartbreaking story

惨死

ざんし

tragic death