難

nán

difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good

How to write 難, stroke by stroke

Pictophonetic: semantic 隹 (bird), phonetic 堇

Made of 堇 + 隹

難道nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
難過nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
困難kùn nandifficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
艱難jiān nándifficult; hard; challenging
災難zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
難以nán yǐhard to (predict, imagine etc)
難受nán shòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
難怪nán guài(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
難得nán déseldom; rare; hard to come by
難看nán kànugly; unsightly
為難wéi nánto feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)
難堪nán kānhard to take; embarrassed

要分清是非是困難的。
yào fēn qīng shì fēi shì kùn nán de 。
To distinguish right from wrong is difficult.
在井底很難找到真理。
zài jǐng dǐ hěn nán zhǎo dào zhēn lǐ 。
Truth is difficult to find at the bottom of a well.
美得令人難以置信！
měi dé lìng rén nán yǐ zhì xìn ！
It's unbelievably beautiful!
我不禁為他感到難過。
wǒ bù jīn wéi tā gǎn dào nán guò 。
I can't help feeling sorry for him.
難怪他失敗了。
nán guài tā shī bài le 。
It is no wonder that he failed.