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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 艰苦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
艰苦 jiān kǔ - difficult
- hard
- arduous

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 7,226 5,935 11,355

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiān- difficult
- hard
- hardship
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly

Other Words Containing 艰苦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
艰苦 5 5 7,226 5,935 11,355
艰苦奋斗 - 9 46,723 10,605 35,581