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難

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • difficult
  • impossible
  • trouble
  • accident
  • defect

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ナン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • かた.い
  • -がた.い
  • むずか.しい
  • むづか.しい
  • むつか.しい
  • -にく.い
Strokes
18
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#668
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
隹#172 · short-tailed bird

Components

Common Words

  • 難易なんいNoun(relative) difficulty
  • 難解なんかいna-Adj.difficult to understand, unintelligible, abstruse
  • 難関なんかんNounbarrier, obstacle, difficulty, hurdle, deadlock
  • 難局なんきょくNoundifficult situation
  • 難航なんこうNoundifficult voyage, stormy passage, hard flight
  • 難色なんしょくNoundisapproval, reluctance, unwillingness
  • 難題なんだいNoundifficult problem, challenge
  • 難聴なんちょうNounhardness of hearing, bradyacusia, deafness, hearing loss

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