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

难 stroke order diagram
难 stroke order animation

Words containing 难

Word Meaning
to thwart; to impede
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
too embarrassing to mention
extremely difficult; even more difficult
not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb
Is it possible that ... ?
hard to accomplish; difficult to achieve
hard to deal with; hard to handle
hard to erase; ineradicable
elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
unsusceptible to change; deeply entrenched
hard to understand; incomprehensible
cannot control oneself (idiom); to be beside oneself
(coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance
to baffle; to stump
deeply attached; hard to part
to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)
unpleasant to drink
hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
rarely seen
trying; difficult
hard to control
hard to deal with; hard to get along with
(of people) difficult to approach; inaccessible