艰jiān
difficult, hard; hardship. 8 strokes, radical 又, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 艰
Strokes 1–2 write 又, then strokes 3–8 write 艮.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 艰 · the stroke-order rules
What 艰 is made of
又 (yòu, and) and 艮 (gěn, blunt).
艮 carries the meaning — tough — and 堇 carries the sound.
Words that use 艰
| 艰苦 | arduous, hard, tough conditions 形容条件恶劣、生活困顿 队员们面对艰苦的驻地条件。The workers faced arduous conditions at the outpost. Lesson 439, 砥砺克艰 · 笃志筑业与工巧开新 · Steadfast Craftsmanship & Grand Architecture |
| 艰难 | difficult, hard, tough situation 形容处境或过程充满困难 他们克服重重艰难险阻。They overcame layer after layer of difficult obstacles. Lesson 439, 砥砺克艰 · 笃志筑业与工巧开新 · Steadfast Craftsmanship & Grand Architecture |
Characters that share the sound part 堇
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 又
All 13 of them, and what the radical means, on the 又 radical page.