Word details

艱難

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 艱難.

Dictionary

Entry

艱難んなんNoun~する VerbFreq #50054
1

hardships; privations; difficulties

Examples
艱難汝を玉にす。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous

17 strokes

On

カンケン

Kun

なや.むかた.いなや.み

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

18 strokesFrequency 330JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ナン

Kun

かた.い-がた.いむずか.しいむづか.しいむつか.しい-にく.い

Nanori

なに

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