艰 meaning and pronunciation

艰
Simplified character
艱
Traditional character

艰 English definition

jiān
  • difficult
  • hard
  • hardship

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 㦰 : 盙
  • 兼 : double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time;
  • 坚 : strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute;
  • 奸 : wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1];
  • 尖 : point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed;
  • 戋 : narrow; small;
  • 戔 : constricted
  • 揃 : shear;
  • 搛 : to pick up with chopsticks;
  • 歼 : to annihilate; abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane;
  • 湔 : to wash; to redress (a wrong); name of a river;
  • 煎 : to pan fry; to sauté;
  • 熸 : to extinguish (of fire);
  • 犍 : bullock; castrated bull; to castrate livestock;
  • 监 : hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison;
  • 監 : Monitor
  • 笺 : letter; note-paper;
  • 缄 : letters; to close; to seal;
  • 缣 : thick waterproof silk;
  • 肩 : shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc);
  • 菅 : (grass); Themeda forsbali;
  • 菺 : Althaea rosea;
  • 蒹 : reed;
  • 蕑 : Eupatorium chinensis;
  • 蕳 : orchid (same as 蘭草|兰草); Eupatorium (same as 蕑);
  • 豜 : fully grown pig; 3-year old pig;
  • 鑯 : awl; sharp iron point;
  • 閒 : idle
  • 間 : between
  • 间 : between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms;
  • 鞬 : a quiver on a horse; a store;
  • 鞯 : saddle blanket;
  • 鬋 : to hang down (hair);
  • 鲣 : bonito;
  • 鳒 : flounder; flatfish;
  • 鹣 : mythical bird with one eye and one wing; see also 鰈鶼|鲽鹣[die2 jian1];

Words containing 艰, by HSK level

肩 巨