Chinese Character 難 Meanings and components.

Form

難

Meaning

難 meaning[3] in English

Difficult (To...).

Problem.

Difficulty.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 難 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are clay (堇) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 隹 (zhui1) which means: Short-Tailed Bird, .隹zhui1short-tailed bird

In cangjie it is written with TOOG

How to write 難

To write難nan2difficult (to...) you should write a combination of 堇jin3clay , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

堇 + 隹 = 難

難 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 難 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 難, looks as follow:

難
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Difficult (To...) . Problem . Difficulty . Difficult . Not Good
堇
Pinyin:jin3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Clay . Old Variant Of 僅|仅[Jin3] . Violet (Plant)
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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