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The kanji 難: meaning, readings and stroke order

難

Meaning
difficult, trouble
On reading
ナン nan
Kun reading
かた(い) katai、むずか(しい) muzukashii
Strokes
18
Radical
隹 small bird
Level
Level 6 · grade 6
Old form
難

Stroke order

Stroke order of 難, 18 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
khó, tai nạn (nan)
Japanese
むずかしい。わざわい。
Korean
어렵다, 어려움 (난)
Chinese
难、困难 (难)

Readings, words and example sentences

ナン nan · on reading

かた(い) katai · kun reading · less common

むずか(しい) muzukashii · kun reading

Practise writing 難 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 難 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.