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) 苦 行
simp. #(苦行) 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
苦 行
く
Grade: 3
ぎょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

苦(く)行(ぎょう) • (kugyō) ←くぎやう (kugyau)?

  1. strenuous work
  2. (Buddhism) practicing asceticism

Verb

苦(く)行(ぎょう)する • (kugyō suru) ←くぎやう (kugyau)?suru (stem 苦(く)行(ぎょう)し (kugyō shi), past 苦(く)行(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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