难 — Chinese character
难
nán
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
- Pinyin
- nán
- Radical
- 172 ⾫ (Short Tailed Bird)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 又 隹
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹
- Traditional
- 難
Common words with 难
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 难以 (難以) | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 难过 (難過) | nán guò | to feel sad; to feel unwell |
| 难民 (難民) | nàn mín | refugee |
| 灾难 (災難) | zāi nàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 艰难 (艱難) | jiān nán | difficult; arduous; hard |
| 难度 (難度) | nán dù | degree of difficulty |
| 难题 (難題) | nán tí | difficult problem |
| 苦难 (苦難) | kǔ nàn | suffering |
| 难得 (難得) | nán dé | seldom; rare |
| 难受 (難受) | nán shòu | to feel unwell; to suffer pain |
English words written with 难
- difficult
- incredible
- suffering
- disaster
- difficulty
- challenging
- refugee
- distress
- sanctuary
- refuge
- dilemma
- seldom
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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