艱 (gaan1 | jian1) : difficult; hard; trying

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艱

gaan1

jian1

[1] difficult; hard; trying [2] mourning for one's parents

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 艮 (#138)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

艱 / 艰

This word has been viewed 5179 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 05:00

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艱難 gaan1 naan4 jian1 nan2 = difficult; hard

艱巨 gaan1 geoi6 jian1 ju4 = very difficult; extremely hard

艱苦 gaan1 fu2 jian1 ku4 = hard; difficult; arduous

艱險 gaan1 him2 jian1 xian3 = difficult and dangerous

艱辛 gaan1 san1 jian1 xin1 = hardships; arduous; difficult

艱深 gaan1 sam1 jian1 shen1 = abstruse; difficult to understand

共渡時艱 gung6 dou6 si4 gaan1 gong4 du4 shi2 jian1 = endure the current hardship together

步履維艱 bou6 lei5 wai4 gaan1 bu4 lv3 wei2 jian1 = find it difficult to walk; each step is diffcult

舉步維艱 geoi2 bou6 wai4 gaan1 ju3 bu4 wei2 jian1 = face difficulties each and every step

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Decimal representation of this word: 艱
Unicode code for this character: U+8271 (off-site link)

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