愁苦 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chóukǔ

distressed

chóu anxiety

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 秋 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

秋 Sound component

qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzrjuw	[dz]riw	grieved
Zhengzhang		zrɯw
Unicode	jrhiou

說文解字

憂也。从心秋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

kǔ bitter

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

古 Sound component

gǔ old

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khuX	kʰˤaʔ	bitter

說文解字

大苦，苓也。从艸古聲。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)