Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

問(なんもん)   difficult question

民(なんみん)   refugees

(さいなん)   misfortune

就職(しゅうしょくなん)   bad job market

解な(なんかいな)   difficult

な(こんなんな)   difficult

する(ひなんする)   take refuge

する(ひなんする)   blame

忘れい(わすれがたい)   difficult to forget

しい(むずかしい)   difficult

*有りう(ありがとう)   Thank you

Onyomi Examples

ナン difficulty, trouble, hardship, accident, disaster, danger, fault, defect, flaw, criticism, charge, blame

ナンカイ difficult to understand, unintelligible, abstruse

シナン most difficult, next to impossible

カイナン accident at sea, sea disaster, shipwreck

Kunyomi Examples

かたい difficult, hard

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

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

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