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艱

艱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かたい、容易ではない、むずかしい。
  2. なやみ、くるしみ。
  3. なやむ、くるしむ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • なや(む)
  • かた(い)
  • なや(み)
Other languages
  • 拼音jian1
  • 한글gan
  • Hán-ViệtGian

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
艮(ねづくり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8271

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𦰩艮

Words using this kanji

  • 艱苦かんく悩み苦しむこと。hardship, suffering, privation, adversity
  • 艱難かんなん困難に出遭い苦しみ悩むこと。hardships, privations, difficulties
  • 艱難辛苦かんなんしんく生きていく上で突き当たる苦労や困難。trial and tribulation, hardships, privations, difficulties
  • 艱難苦労かんなんくろうtrials and tribulations, adversities, suffering hardships and troubles
  • 艱難汝を玉にすかんなんなんじをたまにすhardship makes the man

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-6
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4753.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k14.7
Nelson
3888