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艱 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「艮」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「艮」
On
カン・ケンかん・けん · kan · ken
Kun
なや.む・かた.い・なや.みnaya.mu · kata.i · naya.mi
Meaning
hardship

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Stopping 艮 with 堇 as phonetic: to be brought to a hard pass.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 艱難かんなん

    hardship

  • 艱苦かんく

    hardship and suffering

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

艱難(かんなん)汝(なんじ)を玉(たま)にす。

Hardship is what makes a jewel of you.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

艱苦艱難艱苦bitter難diffic…艮northe…良good刋to cut丱child'…扞to war…奸wicked旰sunset
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 艮Map of reading カンAll maps

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