艰

jiān

Radical: 又 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

艰 decomposes into the following components:

又 艮

Semantic component: 艮; phonetic component: 堇.

Words containing 艰

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 艰.

丁艰
dīng jiān
艰巨
jiān jù
arduous
艰深
jiān shēn
abstruse
艰苦
jiān kǔ
difficult
艰辛
jiān xīn
hardships
艰险
jiān xiǎn
difficult and dangerous
艰难
jiān nán
difficult
艰巨性
jiān jù xìng
arduousness
不避艰险
bù bì jiān xiǎn
shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger
举步维艰
jǔ bù wéi jiān
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
人艰不拆
rén jiān bù chāi
life is hard enough as it is
备尝艰苦
bèi cháng jiān kǔ
see 備嘗辛苦|备尝辛苦[bei4 chang2 xin1 ku3]

Related characters (radical 又)

Characters that share the radical 又.

又 叉 及 友 双 反 发 叒 叔 叕 取 受 变 叙 叚 叛 叟 叠 叢 难

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