苦 kǔLesson 19, phono-semantic or picto-phonetic character, 艹(traditional: ⾋)(radical of grass or plant) 苦 kǔ, bitter, hardship, suffering meaning radical: 艹(traditional: ⾋)(radical of grass or plant) phonetic radical: 古(gǔ) March 18, 2023 luanfeng