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Mythic Mandarin

困难 (kùn nan): meaning and stroke order

困难 (kùn nan) means difficult, challenging, straitened circumstances, difficult situation.

困难

Simplified
困难
Traditional
困難
Pinyin
kùn nan

Stroke order of 困难

困

  • kùn to trap; to surround
  • kùn sleepy; tired
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 睏

Stroke by stroke

难

  • nán difficult (to...); problem
  • nàn disaster; distress
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 難

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 困难

  1. kùn nan Traditional 困難
    • difficult
    • challenging
    • straitened circumstances
    • difficult situation

Radicals of the characters

困
Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 7 strokes · built from 囗 and 木
难
Radical 隹 (Kangxi radical 172) · 10 strokes · 又 on the left, 隹 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

困难 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 后来，“精卫填海”成了一个成语，用来形容人意志坚定，不怕困难。

    hòulái Jīngwèi tián hǎi chéng le yí gè chéngyǔ yònglái xíngróng rén yìzhì jiāndìng búpà kùnnan

    Later "Jingwei fills the sea" became an idiom describing someone of firm will who fears no hardship.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 困难

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).