難

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ナン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-がた.い-にく.いかた.いむずか.しいむつか.しいむづか.しい

Nanori (名乗り)

ななに

Stroke Order

18 / 18

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:18

JLPT:N3

Frequency:330

Vocabulary

ナン

Word	Reading	Meaning
海難	カイナン	accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
苦難	クナン	suffering; distress; hardship; trial
困難	コンナン	difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
災難	サイナン	calamity; misfortune; disaster
財政難	ザイセイナン	economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
難	なん	difficulty; trouble; hardship; shortage; accident; disaster; danger; fault; defect; flaw; criticism; charge; blame
難しい	むずかしい	difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
難しい	むつかしい	difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
難しい	むづかしい	difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
有難い	ありがたい	grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident

gracious, elegant, graceful, refined

solely, only, merely, simply

immature, young

authority, power, rights

feminine, female

safeguard, protect

gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out