苦艾 Traditional form: 苦艾 Pinyin (reading): kǔ'ài Definitions: wormwood Artemisia absinthium Characters: 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering 艾 - mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; used in transliterations Traditional characters: 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering 艾 - mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; used in transliterations