苦手

にがて

hard to deal with, weak point

Mnemonic

A bitter taste in the hand you were dealt. Not that you cannot cook, more that your knee に catches the gate がて every time you go near the kitchen: にがて.

Worth knowing

The reading is irregular, 苦 read にが rather than く.

Built from

苦

bitter, painful

艹 grass + 古 old

手

hand

A hand with the fingers drawn out from the wrist.

Words sharing these kanji

苦しい painful, difficult 苦労 difficulty, hardship 手 hand 手伝う to help 相手 partner, opponent 勝手 selfish, self-centered 上手い skilled, good 両手 both hands 手紙 letter 手段 means, way 片手 one hand 下手 bad at, poor

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