nán nan

difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty

Character data

Radical ⾫ (172.11)
Strokes 19
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

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

Words containing 難

Word Meaning
unsusceptible to change; deeply entrenched
hard to understand; incomprehensible
hard to believe; incredible
cannot control oneself (idiom); to be beside oneself
(coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance
to baffle; to stump
can't guarantee; hard to say; difficult to preserve
to stump; to baffle; to confound
equally bad as each other; in the same mess
brothers in hardship (idiom); fellow sufferers
hard to avoid; will inevitably; difficult to escape from
hard to part; deeply attached
to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)
to feel unwell; to be difficult to bear; to suffer pain
unpalatable
unpleasant to drink
embarrassed; hard to take
problem; trouble
hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
hard to come by; rare; seldom
rarely seen
unforgettable
(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
difficult to understand
deeply attached; hard to part