This week’s #kanji is #苦, which is listed under its semantic element of #くさかんむり（艹）. Its phonetic element is 古, although 苦 and 古 don’t share a sound in the modern Japanese.
Meaning: bitter, to suffer
Reading: ク、くる、にが
苦行（クギョウ）: penance, asceticism, mortification of the flesh
苦言（クゲン）: frank advice, a bitter pill (for a person to swallow)
苦心（クシン）: pains, an effort, labour
苦労（クロウ）: trouble(s), difficulties, hardship(s), suffering(s); hard work
四苦八苦（シクハック）する: suffer (terribly), be in dire distress
病苦（ビョウク）: the pain of sickness, suffering due to an illness
苦（くる）しい: painful, uncomfortable, distressing, strained
苦（くる）しみ: (a) pain, agony, anguish; distress, sufferings
苦（にが）い: bitter, unpleasant, trying
苦（にが）み: a bitter taste, bitterness
