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JLPT N5 · Feelings & qualities

難しい

むずかしい

difficult

Stroke order of 難しい

3 characters, 21 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

難 · 18 strokesし · 1 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

A bird (隹) beside a clay-like (堇) shape: hard to catch, hard to do.

Parts: 難 difficult (堇 + 隹 bird) + しい

The characters in 難しい

  • し し — shi (1 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

日本語の漢字は難しいです。

にほんごのかんじはむずかしいです。

Japanese kanji are difficult.

Words with 難

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