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难

Traditional: 難

nán

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 3

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nán · naan4 (Jyutping)

  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good

nàn · naan4 (Jyutping)

  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

难

Meaning
difficult, arduous, hard; unable
Radical
又
Strokes
10
Components
⿰又隹
Cangjie
EOG
Four-corner
7041

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