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艱

Simplified: 艰

jiān ㄐㄧㄢ

    • difficult
    • hard
    • hardship

Other words read jiān

In the same tone

  • 間 jiān between
  • 兼 jiān double
  • 漸 jiān imbue
  • 尖 jiān pointed
  • 淺 jiān sound of moving water

All 35 words read jiān

jian with other tones

  • 見 jiàn see
  • 劍 jiàn double-edged sword
  • 建 jiàn establish
  • 件 jiàn item
  • 僭 jiàn overstep one's authority

All 86 words read jian in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 艱

    部首 radical
    艮
    笔画 strokes
    17, with 11 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    堇艮
    形旁 meaning
    艮
    声旁 sound
    堇

    Words with 艱

    Starting with 艱

    All 11 words starting with 艱

    Ending with 艱

    • 舉步維艱 jǔbùwéijiān make progress only with great difficulty
    • 步履維艱 bùlǚwéijiān have difficulty walking
    • 丁艱 dīngjiān be in mourning after the death of a parent

    Containing 艱

    • 不避艱險 bùbìjiānxiǎn shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger
    • 人艱不拆 rénjiānbùchāi don't burst my bubble

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