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) |
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
330 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 敵 【テキ】 opponent, rival, adversary, menace, danger, threat, enemy
- 敵意 【テキイ】 hostility, animosity, enmity
- 強敵 【キョウテキ】 formidable enemy, strong enemy, tough enemy
- 無敵 【ムテキ】 invincible, unrivaled, unrivalled, matchless, unbeatable, undefeatable
Kun reading compounds
- 敵 【かたき】 rival, opponent, adversary, competitor, enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity), foe, revenge, spouse
- 敵討ち 【かたきうち】 vengeance, revenge, retaliation
- 目の敵 【めのかたき】 enemy
- 仇を討つ 【かたきをうつ】 to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
- 叶う 【かなう】 to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.), to be realized, to be fulfilled, to suit (e.g. a purpose), to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.), to conform to (standards, rules, etc.), to be consistent with, to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. the heat)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- enemigo
- oponente
- adversario
- rival
Portuguese
- inimigo
- adversário
French
- ennemi
- adversaire
678 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
779 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
756 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1057 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2060 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
454 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1391 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2354 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
416 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
422 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
658 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
946 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2340 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1204 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1648 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
450 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13354 | Morohashi |
1864 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2359 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
443 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
475 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
809 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
466 | 2001 Kanji |
4i11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-11-4 | SKIP code |
0824.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6575 | Unicode hex code |