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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

330 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Kunyomi: かた.い, -がた.い, むずか.しい, むづか.しい, むつか.しい, -にく.い

Onyomi: ナン

Composition: 廿 口 夫 隹 艹

難

Radical

Radical: 隹

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

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Examples

Examples with audio

難問(なんもん)   difficult question

難民(なんみん)   refugees

災難(さいなん)   misfortune

就職難(しゅうしょくなん)   bad job market

難解な(なんかいな)   difficult

困難な(こんなんな)   difficult

避難する(ひなんする)   take refuge

非難する(ひなんする)   blame

忘れ難い(わすれがたい)   difficult to forget

難しい(むずかしい)   difficult

*有り難う(ありがとう)   Thank you

Onyomi Examples

難 (ナン) difficulty, trouble, hardship, shortage, accident, disaster, danger, fault, defect, flaw, criticism, charge, blame

難解 (ナンカイ) difficult to understand, unintelligible, abstruse

至難 (シナン) most difficult, next to impossible

海難 (カイナン) accident at sea, sea disaster, shipwreck

Kunyomi Examples

難い (かたい) difficult, hard

難しい (むずかしい) difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

難しい顔をする (むずかしいかおをする) to look displeased, to frown, to scowl, to look grave, to look serious

難しい (むずかしい) difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

難しい (むずかしい) difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

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