HSK 3 · Clear & Obvious

困难

kùn nan

difficulty; difficult

Stroke order of 困难

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

困 · 7 strokes 难 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

A tree (木) boxed in (囗) cannot grow, and a bird (隹) struggling makes things hard.

Parts: 困囗 enclosure + 木 tree; 难又 + 隹 bird (hard)

The characters in 困难

困 kùn — sleepy; to trap (7 strokes)
难 nán — difficult; hard (10 strokes)

Example sentence

学汉语有点儿困难。

Learning Chinese is a bit difficult.

Words with 困

困sleepy; to trap

Words with 难

难difficult; hard 难受to feel unwell; unbearable 难题difficult problem 难过sad; upset 难看ugly 难听unpleasant to hear 难道could it be that 难度degree of difficulty

More words: Clear & Obvious

明确clear; to clarify 明显obvious 显然obviously 显得to appear; to seem 看起来to look; it seems 看上去to look; it seems 表面surface 表明to show; to make clear 具体specific; concrete 简单simple 复杂complicated 容易easy; likely 难度degree of difficulty 麻烦trouble; troublesome; to bother

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