1. 艱
  2. 難

艱

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  • 1645th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 8 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
艱→
No glyph available艮
2Radical
艱→
廿two hands/twenty口mouth丨line人human二two艮stopping
3Graphical
艱→
卄一口丨人二丨㇕二乚冫

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)difficult • hard • hardship

Pronunciation Clues

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

High Frequency

艰巨 (艱巨)
艰辛 (艱辛)
艰难 (艱難)

Medium Frequency

艰苦 (艱苦)
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難

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  • 295th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
難→
No glyph available隹
2Radical
難→
廿two hands/twenty口mouth丨line人human二two隹small bird
3Graphical
難→
卄一口丨人二㇒丨一二丨一丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)difficult (to...) • problem • difficulty • difficult • not good
2. nàn (nan4)disaster • distress • to scold

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 難 nán (nan2)The component 廿 is pronounced as 'niàn' (nian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 難 nàn (nan4)The component 廿 is pronounced as 'niàn' (nian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

困难 (困難)
难 (難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Medium Frequency

患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
艰难 (艱難)
苦难 (苦難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难忘 (難忘)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难看 (難看)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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