艱

jiān

difficult, hard; distressing

How to write 艱, stroke by stroke

difficult; hard; hardship

Pictophonetic: semantic 艮 (tough), phonetic 堇

Made of 堇 + 艮

艱難jiān nándifficult; hard; challenging
艱苦jiān kǔdifficult; hard; arduous
艱辛jiān xīnhardships; arduous; difficult
艱巨性jiān jù xìngarduousness; formidability; difficulty
艱深jiān shēnabstruse; complicated
艱險jiān xiǎndifficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
不避艱險bù bì jiān xiǎnshrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger; make light of difficulties and dangers
人艱不拆rén jiān bù chāilife is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)
艱苦奮鬥jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously
丁艱dīng jiān(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
艱鉅jiān jùvariant of 艰巨
舉步維艱jǔ bù wéi jiānto make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

他們不怕艱苦的工作。
tā mén bú pà jiān kǔ de gōng zuò 。
They're not afraid of hard work.
這是一項艱苦的工作。
zhè shì yí xiàng jiān kǔ de gōng zuò 。
This is painstaking work.
失業之後他捱過了一段非常艱苦的日子。
shī yè zhī hòu tā ái guò le yí duàn fēi cháng jiān kǔ de rì zi 。
After losing his job, he went through a very difficult time.