八苦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	苦
はち > はっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はっく [háꜜkkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚kɯ̟]

Noun

八苦(はっく) • (hakku)

(Buddhism) the eight kinds of suffering: 生(しょう)苦(く) (shōku, “birth”), 老(ろう)苦(く) (rōku, “old age”), 病(びょう)苦(く) (byōku, “disease”), 死(し)苦(く) (shiku, “death”), 愛(あい)別(べつ)離(り)苦(く) (aibetsuriku, “parting from loved ones”), 怨(おん)憎(ぞう)会(え)苦(く) (onzōeku, “meeting disliked ones”), 求(ぐ)不(ふと)得(く)苦(く) (gufutokuku, “not getting what one seeks”), 五(ご)取(しゅ)蘊(うん)苦(く) (goshuunku, “pains of the five skandha”)

Derived terms

四苦八苦(しくはっく) (shikuhakku)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN