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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
古 艸 ⿱艹古
Mandarin
ku3, hu2, gu3, hu4, ku4
English
Definitions
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful; beard; bitterly; hardship; suffering; surname; what why how
Mnemonic
Originally a bitter plant 艸