難 — kanji meaning “difficult”
難
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
- Meanings
- difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
- On'yomi
- ナン (nan)
- Kun'yomi
- かた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、-にく.い
- Name readings
- な、なに
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #330 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 172
- Chinese reading
- nán, nàn — Chinese character page
Words with 難
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 難しい | むずかしい muzukashii | difficult; hard; troublesome |
| 困難 | こんなん konnan | difficulty; hardship; trouble |
| 避難 | ひなん hinan | taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation |
| 非難 | ひなん hinan | criticism; blame; censure |
| 難民 | なんみん nanmin | refugee; displaced person |
| 盗難 | とうなん tounan | theft; robbery |
| 無難 | ぶなん bunan | safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous |
| 難易 | なんい nan'i | (relative) difficulty |
| 遭難 | そうなん sounan | (meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap |
| 難い | にくい nikui | difficult to ...; hard to ... |
| 難点 | なんてん nanten | fault; weakness; flaw |
| 難関 | なんかん nankan | barrier; obstacle; difficulty |
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