Word details

艱難

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

Dictionary

Entry

艱難かんなん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

艱

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
難

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

ななに

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