艰 jiān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
艰难
jiānnán
difficult; hard
Characters in this word
难 nán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 生活很艰难。 Shēnghuó hěn jiānnán. Life is very difficult.
- 选择很艰难。 Xuǎnzé hěn jiānnán. The choice is very difficult.
- 学习很艰难。 Xuéxí hěn jiānnán. Studying is very difficult.