刻苦 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Hard Work

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kè kǔ

kokku

각고

刻苦 is “hard work” in Chinese characters, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

If working hard is important to you, maybe this word will state your belief on your wall (this is not a common title to see on a wall scroll in Asia).

Use Hard Work to Overcome Adversity

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kè kǔ nài láo

Use Hard Work to Overcome Adversity Scroll

刻苦耐勞 is a Chinese proverb that suggests that you should always bear hardships and work hard.

Some will translate it as a suggestion to be assiduous and long-suffering.

My favorite is to use this to remind myself to be hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity.

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 刻苦 search...

Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
刻苦 see styles	kè kǔ ke4 ku3 k`o k`u ko ku kokku こっく	More info & calligraphy: Hard Work hardworking; assiduous (n,vs,vi) hard work to work hard
刻苦耐勞刻苦耐劳 see styles	kè kǔ nài láo ke4 ku3 nai4 lao2 k`o k`u nai lao ko ku nai lao	More info & calligraphy: Use Hard Work to Overcome Adversity to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
刻苦努力 see styles	kè kǔ nǔ lì ke4 ku3 nu3 li4 k`o k`u nu li ko ku nu li	刻苦努力 Custom Scroll assiduous; taking great pains
刻苦勉励 see styles	kokkubenrei / kokkubenre こっくべんれい	刻苦勉励 Custom Scroll (noun/participle) (yoji) being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships
刻苦學習刻苦学习 see styles	kè kǔ xué xí ke4 ku3 xue2 xi2 k`o k`u hsüeh hsi ko ku hsüeh hsi	刻苦學習 Custom Scroll to study hard; assiduous
刻苦精励 see styles	kokkuseirei / kokkusere こっくせいれい	刻苦精励 Custom Scroll (noun/participle) (yoji) being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
刻苦精進 see styles	kokkushoujin / kokkushojin こっくしょうじん	刻苦精進 Custom Scroll (noun/participle) (yoji) being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
刻苦鑽研刻苦钻研 see styles	kè kǔ zuān yán ke4 ku3 zuan1 yan2 k`o k`u tsuan yen ko ku tsuan yen	刻苦鑽研 Custom Scroll to study diligently
勤奮刻苦勤奋刻苦 see styles	qín fèn kè kǔ qin2 fen4 ke4 ku3 ch`in fen k`o k`u chin fen ko ku	勤奮刻苦 Custom Scroll diligent; assiduous
學習刻苦学习刻苦 see styles	xué xí kè kǔ xue2 xi2 ke4 ku3 hsüeh hsi k`o k`u hsüeh hsi ko ku	學習刻苦 Custom Scroll to study hard; assiduous

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Hard Work	刻苦	kokku / koku	kè kǔ / ke4 ku3 / ke ku / keku	k`o k`u / koku / ko ku
Use Hard Work to Overcome Adversity	刻苦耐勞刻苦耐劳		kè kǔ nài láo ke4 ku3 nai4 lao2 ke ku nai lao kekunailao	k`o k`u nai lao kokunailao ko ku nai lao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.