Memory phrase for the character: 难


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Meaning difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold

Pronunciation

nán, nàn

Explanation

Left: once-again (image of a hand), right: bird

Mnemonic


 
To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!

Radicals

difficultBy hand (catching) a bird is difficult.
again, handOther radicals with a hand are:
short tailed birdAlso this is seen as a bird.
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 Vocabulary

难道 nán dào  don't tell me...; could it be that...?
刁难 diāo nàn  to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
殉难 xùn nàn  to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster
难熬 nán áo  hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
靖难之役 jìng nán zhī yì  war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
难以抹去 nán yǐ mǒ qù  hard to erase; ineradicable
难堪 nán kān  hard to take; embarrassed
灾难 zāi nàn  disaster; catastrophe
难民 nàn mín  refugee
难以 nán yǐ  hard to (predict, imagine etc)
困难 kùn nan  (financial etc) difficulty; problem; issue
困难 kùn nan  


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