Memory phrase for the character: 艰
艰
Meaning
difficult, hard, hardship, terrible (task) Pronunciation jiān Explanation Left: hand 又, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
Mnemonic
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With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult. Radicals
又
again, hand Other radicals with a hand are: 攴寸廾爫手扌
艮
not good This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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Vocabulary
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艰苦 jiān kǔ
difficult; hard; arduous
艰巨 jiān jù
arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable
艰巨 jiān jù
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