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CHINESE CHARACTER

nán

难

难

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hard

Numbered pinyin
nan2
English meanings
make difficulties, take to task, put ... into a difficult position, disagreeable, make difficult, unpleasant, hard, difficult, troublesome, blame

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 又; right 隹.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰又隹

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这dào道tí题hěn很nán难。

    This question is hard.

  2. 02

    xué学Hànyǔ汉语nán难bùnán不难?

    Is learning Chinese hard?

  3. 03

    tā他yùdào遇到kùnnan困难le了。

    He ran into difficulty.

  4. 04

    bié别bǎ把jiǎndān简单de的shì事xiǎng想nán难le了。

    Don't overcomplicate simple things.

  5. 05

    nán难zǒu走de的lù路yě也yào要zǒu走。

    Even hard roads must be walked.

  6. 06

    zhè这gè个wèntí问题bùnán不难jiějué解决。

    This problem isn't hard to solve.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 不难
  • 为难
  • 出难题
  • 刁难
  • 困难
  • 很难说
  • 灾难
  • 磨难
  • 空难
  • 艰难
  • 苦难
  • 遇难
  • 避难
  • 难为情
  • 难以
  • 难以想象
  • 难以置信
  • 难免
  • 难关
  • 难受
  • 难听
  • 难堪
  • 难处
  • 难度
  • 难得
  • 难得一见
  • 难忘
  • 难怪
  • 难点
  • 难看
  • 难说
  • 难过
  • 难道
  • 难题