艰

jiān

difficult, hard; distressing

How to write 艰, stroke by stroke

difficult; hard; hardship

Pictophonetic: semantic 艮 (tough), phonetic 堇

Made of 又 + 艮

艰难jiān nándifficult; hard; challenging
艰苦jiān kǔdifficult; hard; arduous
艰辛jiān xīnhardships; arduous; difficult
艰巨性jiān jù xìngarduousness; formidability; difficulty
艰深jiān shēnabstruse; complicated
艰险jiān xiǎndifficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
不避艰险bù bì jiān xiǎnshrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger; make light of difficulties and dangers
人艰不拆rén jiān bù chāilife is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)
艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously
丁艰dīng jiān(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
艰巨jiān jùvariant of 艰巨
举步维艰jǔ bù wéi jiānto make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

我想让她干这项艰难的工作。
wǒ xiǎng ràng tā gān zhè xiàng jiān nán de gōng zuò 。
I want to leave this difficult job to her.
自此之后，他过着艰难的生活。
zì cǐ zhī hòu ， tā guò zhe jiān nán de shēng huó 。
Since then, he lives a tough life.
不管训练多么艰苦，她都没有哭过。
bù guǎn xùn liàn duō me jiān kǔ ， tā dōu méi yǒu kū guò 。
No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.
这名老妇艰难地爬上楼梯。
zhè míng lǎo fù jiān nán dì pá shàng lóu tī 。
The old lady climbed the stairs with difficulty.
我老板把艰巨的任务指派给了我。
wǒ lǎo bǎn bǎ jiān jù de rèn wu zhǐ pài gěi le wǒ 。
My boss assigned the hard job to me.