Kanji N3

難: difficult, impossible, trouble

難 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning difficult, impossible, trouble, written with 18 strokes. It is read ナン (on) and かたい, むずかしい, むづかしい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 困難 (こんなん, difficulty) and 難しい (むずかしい, difficult).

難

Meanings

  • difficult
  • impossible
  • trouble
  • accident
  • defect
Strokes18
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#330 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ナン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かたい
  • -がたい
  • むずかしい
  • むづかしい
  • むつかしい
  • -にくい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 18. Start at the dot.

Common words with 難

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 困難こんなん

    difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress

    JLPT N3
  • 難しいむずかしい

    difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated

    JLPT N5
  • 有難うありがとう

    thank you; thanks

    JLPT N3
  • 非難ひなん

    criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

    JLPT N1
  • 難なん

    difficulty; trouble; hardship; shortage

    JLPT N1
  • 盗難とうなん

    theft; robbery

    JLPT N2
  • 避難ひなん

    taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation

    JLPT N1
  • 無難ぶなん

    safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.