四苦

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しく [shìkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) しく [shíꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕikɯ̟]

Noun

四(し)苦(く) • (shiku)

(Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death
Synonym: 生老病死 (shōrōbyōshi)

Derived terms

四苦八苦(しくはっく) (shikuhakku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN