艱

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艮
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 艰

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiān
Cantonese: gaan1
JapaneseKun: NAYAMU KATAI
JapaneseOn: KAN KEN
Korean: KAN
Vietnamese: gian

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: difficult, hard; distressing

CE-Dict: difficult/hard/hardship

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.difficult

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: difficult; hard

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: difficult; hard

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《堇部》艱土難治也。从堇艮聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集下】【艮字部】艱
〔古文〕𡆒囏【唐韻】古閑切【集韻】【韻會】居閑切【正韻】居顏切，𠀤音閒。【說文】土難治也。【爾雅·釋詁】阻艱，難也。【書·大禹謨】后克艱厥后，臣克艱厥臣。又【周官】惟克果斷，乃罔後艱。　又【釋名】艱，根也，如物根也。　又險也。【詩·小雅】彼何人斯，其心孔艱。【朱註】艱，險也。　又【王儉褚淵𥓓文】以居母艱去官，雖事緣義感，而情均天屬。　又【韻補】叶居眞切，音巾。【崔駰·大理箴】昔在仲尼，哀矜我人。子罕禮𠛬，衞人釋艱。　又叶經先切，音堅。【班彪·北征賦】嗟西伯於羑里兮，傷明夷之逢艱。演九六之變化兮，永幽隘以以歷年。

CF-Dict: difficile/dur

Han-De-Dict: schwer (u.E.)/Gefahr (u.E.) (S)/Geldnot (u.E.) (S)/Mühsal (u.E.) (S)/Not (u.E.) (S)/Notbremse (u.E.) (S)/Notfall (u.E.) (S)/Nothilfe (u.E.) (S)/Notruf (u.E.) (S)/notwendig (u.E.) (S)/Raumnot (u.E.) (S)/Wassernot (u.E.) (S)/Wohnungsnot (u.E.) (S)/Zeitnot (u.E.) (S)