艰 — Chinese character
艰
jiān
difficult, hard; hardship
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Radical
- 138 ⾉ (Stopping)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 又 艮
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tough; meaning component 艮; sound component 堇
- Traditional
- 艱
Common words with 艰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艰难 (艱難) | jiān nán | difficult; arduous; hard |
| 艰苦 (艱苦) | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard |
| 艰辛 (艱辛) | jiān xīn | hardships; arduous |
| 艰巨 (艱巨) | jiān jù | variant of 艰巨 (jiān jù) |
| 艰巨 (艱鉅) | jiān jù | (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding |
| 艰苦奋斗 (艱苦奮鬥) | jiān kǔ fèn dòu | to struggle arduously |
| 艰险 (艱險) | jiān xiǎn | difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils |
| 举步维艰 (舉步維艱) | jǔ bù wéi jiān | to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom) |
| 艰深 (艱深) | jiān shēn | abstruse; complicated |
| 艰难险阻 (艱難險阻) | jiān nán xiǎn zǔ | untold dangers and difficulties (idiom) |
| 步履维艰 (步履維艱) | bù lǚ wéi jiān | to have difficulty walking (idiom); to walk with difficulty |
| 艰巨性 (艱巨性) | jiān jù xìng | arduousness; formidability |
English words written with 艰
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