難 (katai) Kanji Meaning: "Difficult" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A bird on a bird-trap: difficult.

難 means difficult

impossible, trouble, accident, defect

A bird on a bird-trap: difficult.

On'yomi

  • ナンnan

Kun'yomi

  • かた(い)katai
  • がた(い)gatai
  • むづか(しい)muzukashii
  • むつか(しい)mutsukashii
  • にく(い)nikui

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Common words

  • 難易なんい(relative) difficulty
  • 難いにくいdifficult to ...; hard to ...
  • 盗難とうなんtheft; robbery
  • 難解なんかいdifficult to understand; unintelligible

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