艰 jiān

difficult; hard; hardship

HSK 5 #1647

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1647th character
Radical ⼜ (29.6)
Strokes 8
Index # 1335
TRADITIONAL 艱

Definitions

艰 jiān
  1. 1. difficult
  2. 2. hard
  3. 3. hardship

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Words containing 艰

Word Meaning
艰苦 jiān kǔ HSK 5
difficult; hard; arduous
艰巨 jiān jù HSK 5
very difficult; arduous; formidable
艰难 jiān nán HSK 6
difficult; hard; challenging
艰辛 jiān xīn
hardships; difficult; arduous
艰险 jiān xiǎn
difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
举步维艰 jǔ bù wéi jiān
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
艰难险阻 jiān nán xiǎn zǔ
untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
艰苦奋斗 jiān kǔ fèn dòu
to struggle arduously
步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān
to have difficulty walking (idiom); to walk with difficulty
丁艰 dīng jiān
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
不避艰险 bù bì jiān xiǎn
shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger
人艰不拆 rén jiān bù chāi
life is hard, don’t make it worse
艰巨性 jiān jù xìng
arduousness; formidability; difficulty
艰深 jiān shēn
abstruse; complicated
艰深晦涩 jiān shēn huì sè
abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
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