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難 means 'difficult'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 442   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-11    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 24    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 93 words   Used in 303 words   Used in 120 names   Component in 6 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   ナン
Kun
   むずかしい difficult   かたい hard
Additional readings
Kun    -がたい   むづかしい   むつかしい   -にくい
Name    な   なに
Variants
難   难 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  𦰩 the husband with the grass mouth  隹 little bird  
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嘆 regrettable  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 難 is used 12 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 難 is used 295 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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ナン : 211 words FIND ALL
こ ん な ん 1
difficulty; distress
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かたい (read as がた) : 41 words FIND ALL
ゆ る し が た い 5
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
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-にくい (read as にく) : 22 words FIND ALL
や り に く い 4
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky  (often written with kana only)
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かたい : 11 words FIND ALL
か た い 0
difficult; hard
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むずかしい : 8 words FIND ALL
む ず か し い 4
1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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なに: 2 words. FIND ALL
な に わ 0
noun
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
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Additional data
Henshall: 960 (originally: 949)  Joy o' Kanji : 949  Key to Kanji: 831 

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難
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かたい hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
艹
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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隹
little bird
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