苦蘵 kǔzhí cutleaf ground-cherry Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 苦 kǔ adjective bitter having a sharp, pungent taste like that of coffee or unsweetened cocoa; the opposite of 甜 tián蘵 zhí Physalis angulata (bound form) the cutleaf groundcherry, a type of flowering plant in the nightshade family