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Information of 艰

Pinyin jiān

Radical

艮

Strokes

8 strokes

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Definition

difficult / hard / hardship

艰 jiān 1. Difficulty. 2. In ancient times, it referred to the mourning of parents. 1. Difficulty: - 艰难 (hardship) - 艰辛 (hardships) - 艰险 (dangerous) - 艰深 (profoundly difficult) - 艰涩 (describing obscure and hard-to-understand texts) - 艰贞 (remaining loyal in difficult circumstances) - 艰苦卓绝 (extremely hard, unparalleled difficulty) 2. In ancient times, it referred to the mourning of parents: - 丁艰 (mourning for father) - 母艰 (mourning for mother) 艰 jiān [Adjective] 【Original Meaning】: Difficult to manage the land. 【Character Formation】: Phonetic-semantic compound. Indicates a relation to land, with 艮 (gèn) as the phonetic component. 1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] hard) 2. Difficult; hardship ([En.] difficult; hard) 3. Dangerous ([En.] dangerous) 艰 jiān [Noun] 1. Referring to the death of parents ([En.] (of parents) die; deceased) 艰 jiān [Verb] 1. To reclaim land ([En.] reclaim) 2. To lack ([En.] lack of) 艰 jiān [Adjective] 【Original Meaning】: Difficult to manage land. 【Character Formation】: Phonetic-semantic compound. Indicates a relation to land, with 艮 (gèn) as the phonetic component. 1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] hard) 2. Difficult; hardship ([En.] difficult; hard) 3. Dangerous ([En.] dangerous) 艰 jiān [Noun] 1. Referring to the death of parents ([En.] (of parents) die; deceased) 艰 jiān [Verb] 1. To reclaim land ([En.] reclaim) 2. To lack ([En.] lack of)

艰难困苦 jiān nán kùn kǔ

difficulties and hardships

艰苦奋斗 jiān kǔ fèn dòu

to struggle arduously

艰苦卓绝 jiān kǔ zhuó jué

extremely hard and bitter ... / being distressed and lofty

步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān

to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty

步履艰难 bù lǚ jiān nán

trudge

艰巨 jiān jù

arduous / terrible (task) / very difficult / formidable

艰巨性 jiān jù xìng

arduousness / formidability / difficulty

艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù

leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)

艰涩 jiān sè

involved and abstruse / intricate and obscure

艰难 jiān nán

difficult / hard / challenging

艰辛 jiān xīn

hardships / arduous / difficult

艰苦 jiān kǔ

difficult / hard / arduous

艰苦创业 jiān kǔ chuàng yè

arduously start a business / pioneer an enterprise with painstaking efforts

艰险 jiān xiǎn

difficult and dangerous / hardships and perils

艰难险阻 jiān nán xiǎn zǔ

untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)

艰深 jiān shēn

abstruse / complicated

举步维艰 jǔ bù wéi jiān

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

艰危 jiān wēi

difficulties and dangers (confronting a nation)

艰难曲折 jiān nán qū zhé

arduous and tortuous / full of difficulties and reverses

历尽艰辛 lì jìn jiān xīn

go through much suffering / drain the cup of bitterness to the dregs / go through many hardships / have gone through all kinds of hardships and difficulties