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Chinese symbol for “difficulty”

难点
nán diǎn
Traditional: 難點
difficulty

The closest CC-CEDICT match for difficulty is 难点 (nán diǎn), defined as: difficulty.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

难 nán
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
radical 172 ⾫ · 10 strokes
点 diǎn
dot, point, speck
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “difficulty”

WordPinyinMeaning
难关 (難關)nán guāndifficulty; crisis
难 (難)nándifficult (to...); problem
难易 (難易)nán yìdifficulty; degree of difficulty or ease
难处 (難處)nán chutrouble; difficulty; problem
饥荒 (饑荒)jī huāngcrop failure; famine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 难点.

WordPinyinMeaning
困难 (困難)kùn nandifficult; challenging
难道 (難道)nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
难以 (難以)nán yǐhard to (predict, imagine etc)
难过 (難過)nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell
难民 (難民)nàn mínrefugee
灾难 (災難)zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
一点 (一點)yī diǎna bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate

See also: Japanese symbol for “difficulty”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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