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难 - nán

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

How to read 难

Click 难 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinnán
Englishdifficult, arduous, hard; unable
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

难以 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 难住. Please read 难保 one more time.

Common words with this character

hard to
to baffle; to stump
hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect
to baffle; to confound; to stump

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 难 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 难以 and 难住 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 难.