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難

difficult
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingナン
Kun readingかた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、-にく.い
JōyōGrade 6
  1. difficulty
  2. trouble
  3. hardship
  4. shortage
  5. accident

Popular Usage

難しい困難災難有難い難い有難う

Radicals and components

Radical隹short birdComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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scarecrow · flowers (艹) · mouth (口) · husband · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1703

Compound words

難しいむずかしい
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
困難こんなん
difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility
災難さいなん
calamity; misfortune; disaster
有難いありがたい
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
難いかたい
difficult; hard
海難かいなん
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
苦難くなん
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
至難しなん
most difficult; next to impossible
受難じゅなん
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
殉難じゅんなん
martyrdom
遭難そうなん
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
多難たなん
full of troubles, difficulties
盗難とうなん
theft; robbery
難易なんい
(relative) difficulty
難解なんかい
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
難関なんかん
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
難局なんきょく
difficult situation
難航なんこう
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble
難色なんしょく
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
難題なんだい
difficult problem; challenge
難聴なんちょう
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss; having poor reception (radio, etc.)
難点なんてん
fault; weakness; flaw; defect; drawback
難病なんびょう
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
難民なんみん
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

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