Kanji1 / 18
難 kanji
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ナン
Kun readings
かたい-がたいむずかしいむづかしいむつかしい-にくい
Variant forms
難Words with 難
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —求人難labor shortage; labour shortage
- —救難船rescue ship; salvage boat
- —経営難financial difficulties (for an organization or business)
- —難行道the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
- —難視聴(television or radio signal's) poor reception
- —難問題difficult problem or question
- —殉難者victim; martyr
- —難事業uphill task; difficult undertaking (project)
- —難読語word with difficult-to-read kanji
- —難ずるto criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
- —難じるto criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
- —遭難船wrecked ship; ship in distress
- —難語集glossary
- —避難場evacuation center (typically indoors, e.g. schools, gyms, community centers); refuge
- —資金難shortage of capital; lack of funds; cash flow problem
- —盗難車stolen car
- —難読化obfuscation (of source code)
- —難聴者deaf person; hearing-impaired person
- —難燃性flame retardance; flame resistance; incombustibility
- —受難者martyr; sufferer