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茹苦含辛

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茹
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *茹* | 茹* | *茹
9画
roots; vegetables; eat; bear
4446.0
TVR
苦
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 *苦* | 苦* | *苦
8画
bitter; hardship, suffering
4460.4
TJR
含
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 *含* | 含* | *含
7画
hold in mouth; cherish; contain
8060.2
OINR
辛
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 *辛* | 辛* | *辛
7画
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160
0040.1
YTJ

Word decomposition:

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茹苦含辛
茹
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  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
surname Ru
茹
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  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
 苦
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苦* | 苦* | *苦
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
  含
  hán​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *含* | 含* | *含
to keep in the mouth / to contain
   辛
   Xīn​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辛* | 辛* | *辛
surname Xin
   辛
   xīn​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辛* | 辛* | *辛
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa