Memory phrase for the character: 艰

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difficult, hard, hardship, terrible (task)

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Left: hand 又, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult.

又	again, hand	Other radicals with a hand are: 攴寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
艮	not good	This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".

艰苦	jiān kǔ	difficult; hard; arduous
艰巨	jiān jù	arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable

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