苦行

Chinese

bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
trad. (苦行)
simp. #(苦行)

Pronunciation


Verb

苦行

  1. (religion) to follow ascetic practices

Derived terms

Noun

苦行

  1. (literary) person in charge of odd jobs in a temple

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (苦行):
  • Japanese: 苦行(くぎょう) (kugyō)
  • Korean: 고행(苦行) (gohaeng)
  • Vietnamese: khổ hạnh (苦行)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ぎょう
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎょー [kùgyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

()(ぎょう) • (kugyōくぎやう (kugyau)?

  1. strenuous work
  2. (Buddhism) practicing asceticism

Verb

()(ぎょう)する • (kugyō suruくぎやう (kugyau)?suru (stem ()(ぎょう) (kugyō shi), past ()(ぎょう)した (kugyō shita))

  1. to do strenuous work
  2. (Buddhism) to follow ascetic practices

Conjugation

References

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