nán nan

difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty

HSK 3 #295

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 295th character
Radical ⼜ (29.8)
Strokes 10
Index # 2147
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

难 nán
  1. 1. difficult
  2. 2. difficult (to...)
  3. 3. difficulty
  4. 4. problem
  5. 5. not good
难 nàn
  1. 1. disaster
  2. 2. distress
  3. 3. to scold

Stroke order

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Words containing 难

Word Meaning
harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
difficulty; degree of difficulty or ease
hard to fathom
hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD
(usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome
hard to pass
hard to solve; hard to dispel; hard to understand
hard to remember
hard to get to; difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame
It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law
war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment
to be faced with problems
variant of mó nàn
Yellow Emperor's Classic of 81 Difficulties
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