Kanji

艱

艱

difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

艮部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カン, ケン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

なやむ, かたい, なやみ

Example sentences

艱難辛苦 かんなんしんく
彼は多くの艱難辛苦を乗り越えて、ついに夢を実現させた。

He overcame many hardships and finally made his dream come true.

艱難 かんなん
彼は多くの艱難を乗り越えて成功した。

He overcame many hardships and succeeded.

Example Vocabulary

艱難辛苦

かんなんしんく

trials and tribulations; hardships and privations

艱難

かんなん

hardship; trial; difficulty

艱苦

かんく

艱難汝を玉にす

かんなんなんじをたまにす

艱難苦労

かんなんくろう

辛苦艱難

しんくかんなん

時艱

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