HSK 1 · Describing

难

nán

difficult; hard

Stroke order of 难

难 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A hand "又" trying to grab a bird "隹": hard, difficult.

Parts: 难: 又 hand + 隹 short-tailed bird

Example sentence

这次考试太难了！

This exam was too hard!

Words with 难

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 困难difficulty; difficult 难度degree of difficulty

More words: Describing

大big; large 小small; little 多many; much 少few; little 高tall; high 新new 老old 快fast; quickly 慢slow 干净clean 坏bad; broken

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