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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 难

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
难 nán - difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
难 nàn - disaster
- distress
- to scold

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
3 1 345 744 463

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 又 隹

Radical:

又

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹

Other Words Containing 难

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
难 3 1 345 744 463
难道 4 3 569 1,728 918
困难 4 3 1,338 947 2,286
难以置信 - 7 1,573 17,555 16,609
难过 3 2 1,677 3,751 1,283
难以 - 5 2,022 1,413 2,611
艰难 6 5 2,157 4,418 4,380
灾难 6 5 2,798 6,800 7,334
难堪 6 7 3,671 17,033 15,227
难受 4 2 3,679 3,719 1,324
难怪 5 7 4,424 6,165 3,867
难忘 - 6 5,183 6,115 2,910
难度 - 3 5,192 3,389 5,131
难关 - 7 6,419 16,509 18,656
为难 6 5 6,637 9,211 7,515
难得 6 5 6,692 3,540 1,976
难题 - 2 7,245 4,588 8,836
避难所 - - 7,825 44,813 45,515
难民 - - 8,151 13,178 24,206
苦难 - 7 8,357 10,896 7,416
难为情 - 8 9,503 35,365 24,780
遇难 - 8 10,187 8,705 11,408
难免 6 4 10,489 6,343 6,503
避难 - 8 10,512 24,734 29,269
难闻 - - 10,707 30,315 25,146
难看 5 2 11,966 10,311 5,761
难以忍受 - - 12,408 31,204 31,305
磨难 - 8 13,389 17,136 10,406
难以启齿 - - 13,578 48,871 30,252
千载难逢 - - 13,810 32,163 30,283
受难 - - 13,966 39,625 30,301
进退两难 - - 14,406 35,464 28,700
难民营 - - 16,478 33,830 57,834
难说 - 8 16,978 28,238 19,037
难吃 - - 17,184 - -
责难 - - 18,049 34,921 35,322
难处 - 8 18,195 23,567 18,388
危难 - - 18,820 22,349 17,886
难保 - - 19,124 29,643 37,517
难听 - 2 19,127 16,114 8,336
刁难 - 9 19,314 27,456 23,779
空难 - 9 19,316 23,055 31,351
难倒 - - 19,363 40,939 24,281
一言难尽 - - 20,233 53,746 28,647
左右为难 - - 20,419 34,291 29,262
在所难免 - - 21,088 21,588 27,338
难产 - - 21,439 28,316 23,723
难懂 - - 21,450 - -
患难 - - 22,703 34,959 20,033
大难临头 - - 22,959 63,181 35,591
两难 - - 23,734 21,304 27,476
大难不死 - - 27,217 53,391 38,755
发难 - - 28,538 26,360 45,423
落难 - - 28,781 45,474 29,095
强人所难 - - 29,756 64,590 55,576
难言之隐 - - 30,213 47,701 42,672
海难 - - 30,506 54,058 62,819
寝食难安 - - 30,515 56,550 46,303
殉难 - - 31,619 58,982 87,253
出难题 - 9 33,148 - -
骑虎难下 - - 33,153 57,881 58,589
犯难 - - 33,196 49,163 60,244
劫难 - - 33,215 28,860 21,209
难点 - 9 33,236 10,018 29,187
难当 - - 34,352 32,095 29,787
疑难 - - 34,847 20,335 39,156
难上加难 - - 34,879 39,706 35,972
寸步难行 - - 35,829 41,578 30,897
排除万难 - - 35,929 42,810 36,311
死难者 - - 37,168 32,851 47,221
勉为其难 - - 39,431 46,077 35,305
逃难 - - 39,580 40,114 42,447
迎难而上 - - 41,078 - -
难能可贵 6 - 41,173 23,781 25,232
高难 - - 41,769 - -
罹难 - - 41,968 48,448 58,075
艰难险阻 - - 44,214 44,935 43,695
知难而退 - - 44,269 48,627 42,056
死难 - - 44,662 42,751 39,567
非难 - - 45,824 58,939 68,291
救难 - - 46,354 - -
万难 - - 46,517 55,363 46,847
多灾多难 - - 47,101 58,877 40,896
难舍难分 - - 47,483 64,994 43,530
罄竹难书 - - 48,460 74,656 55,393
排忧解难 - - 49,401 25,167 47,360
受难者 - - 49,436 71,957 72,928
难为 - - 49,546 19,533 11,001
遭难 - - 50,103 77,361 69,430
插翅难飞 - - 51,693 - 106,502
国难 - - 52,949 49,204 38,506
难兄难弟 - - 54,332 60,765 44,219
孤掌难鸣 - - 55,722 79,843 82,870
患难之交 - - 82,886 - 91,348
急难 - - 84,495 59,585 74,952
难解难分 - - 90,549 56,337 95,029
难舍难离 - - 96,489 - 84,360
畏难 - - 96,492 39,858 75,821