KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 難

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ナン, かた.い, -がた.い, むずか.しい, むづか.しい, むつか.しい, -にく.い, なに
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
This kanji has 18 strokes: 8 strokes in the "old bird" radical (ふるとり) and 10 other strokes
Sample Compounds (200):
1.

ありがたい

grateful, thankful, welcome, appreciated, evoking gratitude
2.

ありがとう

Thank you
3.

なん

difficulty, hardships, defect
4.

なんみん

refugees
5.

ひなん

taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape
6.

なんしょく

disapproval
7.

なんきょく

difficult situation
8.
しい
きむずかしい

hard to please, moody, crusty, fastidious
9.
どうも
どうもありがとう

Thank you
10.

にくい

(aux-adj) difficult, hard
11.

なんだい

difficult problem, challenge
12.

そうなん

disaster, shipwreck, accident
13.

ぶなん

safety, security
14.

なんちょう

deafness
15.

ひなんみん

refugees, evacuees
16.

じゅんなん

martyrdom
17.
しい
むずかしい

difficult
18.

なんもん

perplexity, difficult question, difficult problem
19.

なんてん

fault, weakness
20.

ひなん

blame, attack, criticism
21.

こんなん

difficulty, distress
22.

たなん

full of troubles, difficulties
23.

なんこう

difficult voyage, hard flight, rough going, rough passage, running into trouble, stormy passage
24.

ありがたい

grateful, thankful, welcome, appreciated, evoking gratitude
25.

さいなん

calamity, misfortune, disaster
26.

ありがとう

Thank you
27.
うございます
ありがとうございます

thank you
28.

くなん

suffering, distress, hardship, trial
29.

かいなん

shipwreck
30.

ざいせいなん

economic difficulties
31.
なく
なんなく

easily
32.

とうなん

theft, robbery
33.

しなん

most difficult, next to impossible
34.

なんい

difficulty, relative difficulty
35.

なんびょう

incurable disease
36.

なんかい

difficult
37.

じゅなん

suffering, agony, passion
38.

なんかん

barrier
39.

ありがたなみだ

tears of gratitude
40.

いいがたい

hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say
41.

えがたい

hard to get
42.
ける
なんくせをつける

to blame, to find fault with
43.
かり
わかりにくい

hard to understand, incomprehensible, unintelligible
44.

かんなん

affliction
45.

せいかつなん

difficulties in living
46.

なんしょ

rough spot
47.

おかしがたい

dignified
48.
いかんともし
いかんともしがたい

impenetrably difficult
49.

じゅなんきょく

Passion music
50.

なんぎ

affliction, hardship, difficulty, suffering
51.

いいにくい

hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say
52.

よみにくい

hard to read, illegible
53.
ける
なんくせつける

to blame, to find fault with
54.

へいなん

distress of war
55.

かんきょうなんみん

environmental refugee
56.

ぜいきんひなんじょ

tax haven
57.

なんしょう

incurable illness
58.

ひなん

blame, attack, criticism
59.

ごなん

misfortune, calamity
60.

じゅなんげき

a Passion Play
61.

なんきつ

reprimand
62.

いいがたい

hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say
63.

べんなん

denunciation, criticism
64.

きなん

peril, danger, hazard, distress
65.

ぜいきんひなんち

tax haven
66.

なんば

predicament, difficult situation
67.
しょしい
しょむずかしい

terribly difficult
68.

じゅなんしゅう

Passion Week
69.

なんきゅう

(baseball) ball which is hard to hit or catch
70.

ありがたみ

value, worth, virtue
71.

いいにくい

hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say
72.

かたい

(aux-adj) difficult, hard
73.
キャンプ
なんみんキャンプ

refugee camp
74.

ほうなん

religious persecution
75.

きげんがとりにくい

hard to please, difficult to get on the right side of
76.

ぜんとたなん

having many difficulties in store, grim prospects
77.

ひなんくんれん

disaster drill
78.

しにくい

hard to do
79.

じゅなんせつ

Lent
80.

ありがたみ

value, worth, virtue
81.

こきゅうこんなん

labored breathing, laboured breathing, dyspnea, dyspnoea
82.

がたい

(aux-adj) difficult, hard
83.

なんみんきかん

return of refugees
84.
うございます
まいどありがとうございます

thank you for your continued patronage
85.

そうぞうしにくい

hard to imagine
86.

なんせん

shipwreck
87.

ひなんしゃ

evacuee
88.

しゅうしょくなん

scarcity of employment
89.

なんきょく

difficult musical piece
90.

ありがためいわく

unwelcome favor, unwelcome favour, mixed blessing, white elephant
91.

こうなん

future problems, consequences
92.

なんみんじょうやく

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
93.

ばんなん

many obstacles, innumerable difficulties
94.
しい
きむづかしい

hard to please, moody, crusty, fastidious
95.
くない
そうぞうにかたくない

easy to imagine
96.

ひなんじょ

place of refuge, shelter
97.
どうもうございます
どうもありがとうございます

thank you very much
98.

すみにくい

inconvenient (residence), unpleasant (surroundings)
99.

なんく

difficult phrase
100.

おさえがたい

uncontrollable, irrepressible
101.

ごなん

misfortune, calamity
102.
がある
なんがある

to be a problem
103.

なんみんしんせいしゃ

asylum seekers
104.
して
ばんなんをはいして

at all costs, at any cost, surmounting all difficulties
105.

ぎそうなんみん

fake (phony) refugee, illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
106.

なんちゅうのなん

the hardest thing of all
107.

ひなんせいかつ

living in evacuation shelters
108.
ストレプトマイシン
ストレプトマイシンなんちょう

streptomycin deafness
109.

じゅうたくなん

housing shortage
110.

なんくん

difficult reading of a kanji
111.

きにくい

difficult to come
112.

こうおつつけがたい

it is difficult to say which of the two is better
113.
くせ
かたくせ

fault-finding
114.

なんみんりゅうしゅつ

outflow of refugees
115.

およびがたい

hard to attain to
116.

そうなんしゃ

victim, survivor, sufferer
117.

ひなんばしご

fire escape, fire ladder
118.

あつかいにくい

hard to handle
119.

しゅつにゅうこくかんりおよびなんみんにんていほう

Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
120.

なんけん

difficult matter or case
121.

ろんなん

criticism, censure
122.

こくなん

national crisis or disaster
123.

かたし

difficult, hard
124.

なんなく

easily
125.

むりなんだい

an unreasonable demand
126.

きゅうなん

sudden or unexpected disaster
127.

そうなんしんごう

distress signal, SOS
128.

なんてき

formidable enemy
129.
より
いよりなんへすすむ

to proceed from the easy to the difficult
130.

なんご

difficult word
131.

ろんなんこうげき

attacking by argument, denunciation, condemnation, heated controversy
132.

こくれんなんみんこうとうべんむかんじむしょ

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
133.

もだしがたい

be unable to decline
134.

きゅうなん

rescue, salvage
135.

たじたなん

various difficulties
136.

しにくい

hard to do
137.

じゅんなんしゃ

victim, martyr
138.

なんこうふらく

impregnable
139.

いわくいいがたし

It is hard to explain, It is hard to say
140.
しい
むつかしい

difficult
141.

なんもんさんせき

mountain (pile) of difficult problems
142.

やくなん

calamity, evil, misfortune
143.
ヘリコプター
きゅうなんヘリコプター

rescue helicopter
144.

なんど

degree of difficulty
145.
ける
ひなんのめをむける

to turn a look of reproach
146.

いちなん

one difficulty, one danger
147.

かきにくい

be difficult to write or draw, does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)
148.

かんなん

hardships, privations, difficulties
149.

こんなんとたたかう

to contend with difficulties
150.
しい
むずかしいびょうき

serious disease
151.

なんもんだい

difficult problem or question
152.

やくしがたい

difficult to translate
153.

きゅうなんせん

rescue ship, salvage boat
154.

たえがたい

unbearable, intolerable, unendurable
155.

なんどく

difficult to read (e.g. obscure kanji)
156.
びせる
ひなんをあびせる

to heap abuse upon (a person)
157.

かなん

fire calamity
158.

じょなん

trouble with women
159.

なんぎょう

penance
160.

かんなんくろう

trials and tribulations, adversities, suffering hardships and troubles
161.
れる
こんなんにおとしいれる

to put (a person) in a fix
162.
しさ
むずかしさ

(degree of) difficulty
163.

なんやく

difficult role
164.

きゅうじんなん

labor shortage, labour shortage
165.

たえがたい

unbearable, intolerable, unendurable
166.

なんどくご

difficult word
167.

ひなんかっせん

(engage in a round of) mutual criticism, repeatedly attack each other
168.

わかりにくい

hard to understand, incomprehensible, unintelligible
169.

じょなんのそう

a ''seeming'' of ill fortune concerning women
170.

なんぎょうくぎょう

penance, hardship
171.

かんなんしんく

trial and tribulation, hardships, privations, difficulties
172.
じる
なんじる

to criticize, to point out faults, to speak ill of
173.

なんろ

rough or steep path
174.

きんきゅうひなん

emergency evacuation
175.

たいなん

great disaster, calamity
176.

なんねんかこう

fireproof
177.

ひなんごうごう

enraged outcry, loud protest, being bitterly criticized by others, being loudly denounced by others
178.

ときがたい

difficult to solve
179.

しょうなん

small misfortune
180.

なんぎょうどう

salvation through self-mortification
181.
にす
かんなんなんじをたまにす

Hardship makes the man
182.

さいなんにあう

to meet with misfortune
183.
ずる
なんずる

to criticize, to point out faults, to speak ill of
184.

にゅうがくなん

difficulty of getting into a college
185.

どしがたい

beyond help, incorrigible
186.

なにわがた

Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)
187.

ひなんごうごう

enraged outcry, loud protest, being bitterly criticized by others, being loudly denounced by others
188.

しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし

Youthful years pass quickly before one accomplishes much learning
189.

なんざん

difficult delivery (birth)
190.

にゅうしゅこんなん

difficult to obtain, difficult to get
191.
います
ありがとうございます

thank you
192.
たりたり
けいたりがたくていたりがたし

There is little to choose between the two
193.

なんぱ

shipwreck
194.
くし
ひつぜつにつくしがたい

be beyond description
195.

かいなんきゅうじょ

sea rescue, air-sea rescue, ASR
196.

たべにくい

difficult to eat
197.

なんしちょう

(television or radio signal''s) poor reception
198.

やみがたい

irresistible
199.

なんにあう

to meet with disaster
200.

にゅうしゅなん

difficulty of obtaining

Kuten Code: 3881
EUC Code: c6f1
Shift-JIS Code: 9391
JIS Code: 4671
Unicode: 96e3
Radical Index: 172
Frequency Rank: 330
Jouyou Grade: 6
DeRoo Code: 1975
Four Corner code: 4051.4
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1838
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 5038
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 6515
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 351
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1856
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 960
"Kanji in Context" Index: 526
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1196
"Essential Kanji" Index: 800
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 853
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 1003
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 8c10.2
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 557
Morohashi Volume.Page: 11.1042
Gakken Index: 949
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 442
"Japanese Names" Index: 1580
Korean Readings: nan, na
Pinyin: nan2, nan4

Radical Index : : 難

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