く
苦
しん
心
さん
惨
たん
憺

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Messages.yoji.
  1. taking great pains.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
く
苦
しん
心
さん
惨
たん
憺
 苦心惨憺 くしんさんたん
く
苦
しん
心
さん
惨
たん
澹
 苦心惨澹 くしんさんたん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

suffering, trial, worry
ク　くる.しい　にが.い (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)
wretched, disaster, cruelty
サン　みじ.め　むご.い (Early Jr. High, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン　こころ
nonplussed, three (in documents), going
サン　まい.る　シン (4th, N3)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン　セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
calm, quiet, move
タン (Kentei 1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン　こころ
surname, talk too much, verbose
セン　タン
to look upward
セン　ギ　エン
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)