艰难
Old HSK 6
艰难 (jiānnán) · difficult
艰难 (jiānnán) means “difficult; hard; arduous”. It is written with 2 characters: 艰 (difficult) + 难 (difficult). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 艰难 is built
The characters
艰 jiān · difficult
What 艰 is made of
- 又yòu — and
- 艮gěn — blunt
难 nán · difficult
What 难 is made of
- 又yòu — and
- 隹zhuī — short-tailed bird
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
那几年，他们的生活很艰难。Nà jǐ nián, tāmen de shēnghuó hěn jiānnán.Life was hard for them in those years.
他艰难地爬上了山顶。Tā jiānnán de pá shàng le shāndǐng.He struggled his way up to the top of the mountain.
Questions about 艰难
What does 艰难 mean?
艰难 (jiānnán) means “difficult; hard; arduous”.
How do you pronounce 艰难?
艰难 is pronounced jiānnán.
Which HSK level is 艰难?
艰难 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 艰巨jiānjùarduous
- 艰苦jiānkǔhard
- 难过nánguòsad
- 难看nánkànugly
- 难受nánshòuto feel unwell
- 难题nántídifficult problem
- 难听nántīngunpleasant to hear
- 困难kùnnandifficulty
- 难道nándàocould it be that…?
- 难度nándùdifficulty
Learn 艰难 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 90: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.