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難 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「隹」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「隹」
On
ナンなん · nan
Kun
むずか(しい)・かた(い)muzuka(shii) · kata(i)
Meaning
difficult; hardship

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

隹 "bird" plus 𦰩; a bird hard to catch — hence "difficult, hardship."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onナンなんnan難易なんい困難こんなん非難ひなん
Kunかたいkatai許し難いゆるしがたい有り難いありがたい
Kunむずかしいmuzukashii難しいむずかしい難しさむずかしさ

「むつかしい」とも。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 難問なんもん

    difficult problem

  • 災難さいなん

    calamity; misfortune

More words with this kanji

  • 困難こんなん
  • 避難ひなん
  • 盗難とうなん
  • 遭難そうなん
  • 殉難じゅんなん
  • 非難ひなん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

最後(さいご)の問題(もんだい)は難(むずか)しかった。

The last question was difficult.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

難問災難難問questi…災disast…隻counte…隼falcon雀sparro…雁wild…集gather男man南south軟soft喃to cha…楠campho…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 隹Map of reading ナンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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