Jisho

×

艱

17 strokes
Radical:
stopping 艮
Parts:
二 人 大 艾 艮
Variants:
囏
difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous
Kun:
なや.む、 かた.い、 なや.み
On:
カン、 ケン

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 艱苦 【カンク】 privation suffering
  • 艱難 【カンナン】 hardships, privations, difficulties
  • 時艱 【ジカン】 problems that affect a period of time, hardships peculiar to an age, hard problems of the times

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3888 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
30600 Morohashi
4955 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k14.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-6 SKIP code
4753.2 Four corner code
1-71-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8271 Unicode hex code

難

18 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
二 亠 口 大 艾 隹
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
Kun:
かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
On:
ナン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
330 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 難 【ナン】 difficulty, trouble, hardship, shortage, accident, disaster, danger, fault, defect, flaw, criticism, charge, blame
  • 難解 【ナンカイ】 difficult to understand, unintelligible, abstruse
  • 至難 【シナン】 most difficult, next to impossible
  • 海難 【カイナン】 accident at sea, sea disaster, shipwreck

Kun reading compounds

  • 難い 【かたい】 difficult, hard
  • 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
  • 難しい顔をする 【むずかしいかおをする】 to look displeased, to frown, to scowl, to look grave, to look serious
  • 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

Readings

Japanese names:
な、 なに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2, nan4
Korean:
nan, na

Spanish

  • desastre
  • dificultad
  • sufrimiento
  • ataque al punto débil
  • difícil
  • imposible

Portuguese

  • impossível
  • difícil
  • dificuldade
  • acidente
  • defeito

French

  • difficile
  • impossible
  • problème
  • accident
  • défaut
853 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
960 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
949 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
442 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5038 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
800 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
995 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2760 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
557 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
566 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
526 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1856 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2310 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1632 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1594 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42128P Morohashi
1838 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6515 New Nelson (John Haig)
1580 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1703 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
351 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1003 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1975 2001 Kanji
8c10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-8 SKIP code
4051.4 Four corner code
1-38-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96e3 Unicode hex code

汝

6 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
女 汁
you, thou
Kun:
なんじ、 なれ、 い、 うぬ、 いまし、 し、 しゃ、 な、 なむち、 まし、 みまし
On:
ジョ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 爾汝 【ジジョ】 you, thou

Kun reading compounds

  • 汝 【なんじ】 thou, you
  • 汝自身を知れ 【なんじじしんをしれ】 Know thyself
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【い】 you
  • 汝 【いまし】 you
  • 汝 【うぬ】 blockhead!, you
  • 汝等 【うぬら】 ye, you, me, I, us, we
  • 汝 【いまし】 you
  • 其 【し】 that, you, oneself, themself
  • 汝 【い】 you
  • 汝 【い】 you
  • 己 【な】 I, you
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【みまし】 you

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ru3
Korean:
yeo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
255 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17138 Morohashi
3040 New Nelson (John Haig)
2303 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
369 2001 Kanji
3a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3414.0 Four corner code
1-38-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c5d Unicode hex code

玉

5 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
丶 王
jewel, ball
Kun:
たま、 たま-、 -だま
On:
ギョク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
737 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玉 【ギョク】 precious stone (esp. jade), egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping), stock or security being traded, product being bought or sold, position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer), geisha, time charge for a geisha, king (of the junior player)
  • 玉音 【ギョクオン】 the Emperor's voice, beautiful voice, beautiful sound
  • 珠玉 【シュギョク】 jewel, gem, gem (of a story, essay, etc.), accomplished work, beautiful piece
  • 居玉 【イギョク】 playing with one's king in its original starting position, sitting king

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 卵 【たまご】 eggs, egg, spawn, roe, (hen's) egg, (an expert) in the making, beginning, origin, infancy
  • 埼玉 【さいたま】 Saitama (city, prefecture)
  • 勾玉 【まがたま】 magatama, comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade

Readings

Japanese names:
おう、 だん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • joya
  • esfera
  • bola
  • pelota

Portuguese

  • jóia
  • bola
  • gota

French

  • bijoux
  • balle
  • boule
64 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
48 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
102 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
610 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
103 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
732 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
204 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
295 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
295 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1313 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4289 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
262 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20821 Morohashi
3477 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3620 New Nelson (John Haig)
256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
272 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
40 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
1010.3 Four corner code
1-22-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7389 Unicode hex code