難
nánnàn HSK1

difficult

难 (難) nán frequency
difficult adjective
hard to accomplish, understand, or deal with

这个任务对他来说很难。

zhè​gè rèn​wu duì tā lái shuō hěn nán.

This task is very difficult for him.

difficulty adjective
a problem, trouble, or a difficult situation

生活中的难终会过去。

shēng​huó zhōng de nán zhōng huì guò​qù.

The hardships in life will eventually pass.

unpleasant adjective
not good or offensive to the senses of sight, sound, or taste

这杯苦药实在太难咽了。

zhè bēi kǔ yào shí​zài tài nán yàn le.

This cup of bitter medicine is really hard to swallow.

难 (難) nàn
scold adjective
to criticize, rebuke, or find fault with someone

他在会上当众难了对方几句。

tā zài huì shàng dāng​zhòng nàn le duì​fāng jǐ jù.

He publicly embarrassed the other person with a few harsh words at the meeting.

disaster punctuation
misfortune, calamity, or a state of suffering and distress

他在这一难中幸免于死。

tā zài zhè yī nán zhōng xìng​miǎn yú sǐ.

He narrowly escaped death in this disaster.

Frequency
Character
Written text
295th most common 747.3 per million
Movie subtitles
250th most common 671.1 per million appears in 95% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
305.7 per million appears in 70% of films
Written text
167.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
难
Strokes
19
Unicode
U+96E3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)