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
can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
extremely difficult
Good Friday
memorial
to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
dysphagia (medicine)
miserly; skinflint
dysphagia (medicine)
the problem is...
fig. there's no place like home
so worried one can’t sit or stand still
hard times can make a country strong
great catastrophe
survive disaster, later good luck
nothing is hard if you really try
intolerable behavior; Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
hard to go from luxury to thrift
easy to live in luxury, hard to live simply
repay on time so you can borrow again
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
(classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity
Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
Time is precious.