難 Kanji for difficult

N3–N2Grade 618 strokes

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Kun: かた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、-にく.い
On: ナン

難 is the Japanese kanji for difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect. It is written with 18 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is かた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい and its on reading is ナン.

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Words with 難

難なんdifficulty, trouble, hardship
難なんなくeasily
難かたいdifficult, hard
難なん民みんrefugee, displaced person
困こん難なんdifficulty, hardship, trouble
避ひ難なんtaking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation

Practice 難 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.