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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

艱

Readings

Kana: カン、ケン、なや.む、かた.い、なや.み
Romaji: kan, ken, naya.mu, kata.i, naya.mi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  138
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-6
Korean Reading:  gan
Chinese Reading:  jian1
Unicode:  8271
JIS:  6765

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3888
New Nelson Index: 4955
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k14.7
Four Corner Index: 4753.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30600
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0509

Words

辛苦艱難 (しんくかんなん)
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
艱難 (かんなん)
hardships; privations; difficulties
艱難辛苦 (かんなんしんく)
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
艱難汝を玉にす (かんなんなんじをたまにす)
Hardship makes the man
艱苦 (かんく)
privation suffering
艱難苦労 (かんなんくろう)
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
時艱 (じかん)
problems that affect a period of time; hardships peculiar to an age; hard problems of the times
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