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難

difficult
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingナン
Kun readingかた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、-にく.い
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. difficultRtK
  2. impossible
    そのため、一次資料とは認め難い。Therefore, it is impossible to consider the document original.wiki
  3. trouble
    彼は聞こえないふりをしてその難局を切り抜けた。He got out of the trouble by making believe that he couldn't hear.tatoeba
  4. accident
  5. defect
  1. difficulty
  2. hardship
  3. shortage

Homonyms

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Same reading (なん)
何 · what

Popular Usage

難しい困難災難有難い難い有難う

Radicals and components

Radical隹short bird
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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scarecrow · flowers (艹) · mouth (口) · husband · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1703

Compound words

難しいむずかしい
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
困難こんなん
difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility
災難さいなん
calamity; misfortune; disaster
有難いありがたい
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
盗難とうなん
theft; robbery
難問なんもん
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
火難かなん
fire disaster
困難なこんなんな
difficult
難いかたい
difficult; hard
海難かいなん
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
苦難くなん
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
至難しなん
most difficult; next to impossible
受難じゅなん
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
殉難じゅんなん
martyrdom
遭難そうなん
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
多難たなん
full of troubles, difficulties
難易なんい
(relative) difficulty
難解なんかい
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
難関なんかん
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
難局なんきょく
difficult situation
難航なんこう
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble
難色なんしょく
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
難題なんだい
difficult problem; challenge
難聴なんちょう
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss; having poor reception (radio, etc.)

Additional Examples

彼は父を喜ばせるのは難しいことだとわかった。
He found it difficult to please his father.tatoeba
彼は非難されても堂々としていた。
He stood tall even under criticism.tatoeba
彼は嘘をついたと彼女を非難した。
He accused her of having lied to him.tatoeba
このため平らに焼くのが難しい。
It is difficult to make imagawa-yaki which are all of the same thickness.wiki
そのため、これも加減が難しい。
Therefore, this process is also difficult.wiki
酢飯は冷めても硬くなり難い。
Vinegared rice does not harden easily even when it gets cold.wiki

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 難

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