Memory phrase for the Kanji: 难


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Meaning difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold

Pronunciation

nán, nàn

Explanation

Left: once-again (image of a hand), right: bird

Mnemonic


 
To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!

Radicals

difficultBy hand (catching) a bird is difficult.
again, handOther radicals with a hand are:
short tailed birdAlso this is seen as a bird.
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 Vocabulary

 难道  nán dào  don't tell me...; could it be that...?
 刁难  diāo nàn  to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
 殉难  xùn nàn  to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster
 难熬  nán áo  hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
 靖难之役  jìng nán zhī yì  war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
 难以抹去  nán yǐ mǒ qù  hard to erase; ineradicable
 难堪  nán kān  hard to take; embarrassed
 灾难  zāi nàn  disaster; catastrophe
 难民  nàn mín  refugee
 难以  nán yǐ  hard to (predict, imagine etc)
 困难  kùn nan  (financial etc) difficulty; problem; issue
 困难  kùn nan  


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