四苦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	苦
し Grade: 1	く Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しく​ [shìkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) し​く [shíꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

四(し)苦(く) • (shiku) 

1. (Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death

Derived terms

• 四苦八苦(しくはっく) (shikuhakku)