18 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N3

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Kun'yomi
  • difficult
  • -がた
  • difficult ②impossible ③fussy ④gloomy
  • difficult ②impossible ③fussy ④gloomy
  • difficult ②impossible ③fussy ④gloomy
  • -にく
On'yomi
  • difficulty ②accident ③fault
Nanori
  • なに

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ナン 58.2%
むずかしい 36.2%
かた-がた 4.1%
1.5%

Character Breakdown

difficult, impossible, trouble
ナン むずか.しい かた.い (6th, N3)
the violet(菫) variant
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
husband, man
フ おっと フウ (4th, N3)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)

Contained In

Common Words

difficulty ②accident ③fault
difficult ②impossible ③fussy ④gloomy
taking refuge
difficulty ②infeasibility
refugee ②person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.)
predicament
hard to please ②bad-tempered
(degree of) difficulty
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References

Unicode hex code 96E3
JIS X 0208 1-38-81
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5038
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6515
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1838
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2310
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1196
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 42128P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 949
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 557
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 566
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 853
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 995
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 960
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1003
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 351
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 526
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1856
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1594
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8c10.2
Four corner code 4051.4
De Roo Code 1975