1. 艱
  2. 苦

艱

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  1. 艱 is the 1645th most frequent character.
  2. 艱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 艱 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 艱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
艱 => No glyph available, 艮
Radical :
艱 => 廿 (two hands/twenty), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 人 (human), 二 (two), 艮 (stopping)
Graphical :
艱 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 人, 二, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - difficult/hard/hardship

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艱 (jian1): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

艰巨 (艱巨)
艰辛 (艱辛)
艰难 (艱難)

Medium Frequency

艰苦 (艱苦)

苦

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  1. 苦 is the 633rd most frequent character.
  2. 苦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 苦 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 苦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
苦 => 艹, 古
Radical :
苦 => 艹 (grass), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
苦 => 艹, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ku3 - bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to/painstakingly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

痛苦 
苦 
辛苦 

Medium Frequency

何苦 
刻苦 
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
受苦 
吃苦 
艰苦 (艱苦)
苦力 
苦命 
苦工 
苦心 
苦闷 (苦悶)
苦恼 (苦惱)
苦涩 (苦澀)
苦瓜 
苦痛 
苦笑 
苦苦 
苦难 (苦難)
诉苦 (訴苦)
辛辛苦苦 
酸甜苦辣 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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