Chinese symbol for “hardships”
艰辛
jiān xīn
Traditional: 艱辛
hardships; arduous; difficult
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hardships is 艰辛 (jiān xīn), defined as: hardships; arduous; difficult.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hardships”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 艰辛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艰难 (艱難) | jiān nán | difficult; arduous; hard |
| 艰苦 (艱苦) | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard |
| 艰巨 (艱巨) | jiān jù | variant of 艰巨 (jiān jù) |
| 艰苦奋斗 (艱苦奮鬥) | jiān kǔ fèn dòu | to struggle arduously |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 辛辛苦苦 | xīn xīn kǔ kǔ | painstakingly; with great trouble |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hardships”.
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.