Memory phrase for the character: 艰

艰

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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
 
With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult.

Radicals

又 again, handOther radicals with a hand are: 攴寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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 Vocabulary

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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