Read Edit View history Discussion 艰 jiān HSK5 difficult Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 艱. Originally pictograph of person (卩 or 女) guarding a drum (壴) to report difficulties. Later reanalyzed as a compound of 𦰩 and 艮, which both represent the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 艱 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 艱. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 艰 Simp strokes 艰 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally written as 壴 but later reanalyzed as 艮 to represent the sound. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 艰 Simp strokes 艰 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 艰 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 156, 567 ], [ 221, 570 ], [ 331, 603 ], [ 368, 594 ], [ 356, 523 ], [ 333, 447 ], [ 301, 370 ], [ 270, 318 ], [ 225, 268 ], [ 169, 226 ], [ 105, 200 ], [ 77, 198 ] ], [ [ 179, 473 ], [ 324, 351 ], [ 364, 310 ], [ 392, 273 ], [ 403, 240 ] ], [ [ 534, 689 ], [ 558, 683 ], [ 603, 700 ], [ 726, 729 ], [ 750, 724 ], [ 778, 695 ], [ 739, 497 ], [ 722, 449 ], [ 726, 427 ] ], [ [ 545, 541 ], [ 553, 552 ], [ 630, 574 ], [ 675, 574 ] ], [ [ 544, 412 ], [ 562, 437 ], [ 678, 465 ] ], [ [ 464, 705 ], [ 501, 668 ], [ 509, 636 ], [ 516, 412 ], [ 500, 85 ], [ 541, 92 ], [ 661, 161 ] ], [ [ 812, 464 ], [ 837, 424 ], [ 776, 363 ], [ 696, 297 ], [ 690, 299 ] ], [ [ 548, 405 ], [ 566, 401 ], [ 706, 233 ], [ 814, 136 ], [ 876, 115 ], [ 985, 100 ] ] ], 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197 70 192 Q 76 185 117 189 Q 222 201 306 328 L 332 379 Z", "M 306 328 Q 391 235 399 231 Q 406 230 413 238 Q 423 248 414 286 Q 410 317 332 379 L 292 408 Q 220 460 180 483 Q 173 487 170 477 Q 169 467 178 457 Q 223 415 271 364 L 306 328 Z", "M 685 443 Q 704 418 721 409 Q 731 402 747 424 Q 763 455 792 627 Q 799 658 822 685 Q 835 698 822 712 Q 806 728 762 752 Q 741 761 690 741 Q 684 741 585 710 Q 551 700 526 691 C 498 681 518 647 546 659 Q 545 660 547 660 Q 601 681 697 706 Q 718 710 726 705 Q 742 686 740 667 Q 716 508 704 485 Q 700 473 690 469 C 675 455 675 455 685 443 Z", "M 538 534 Q 541 533 553 535 Q 622 551 673 562 Q 695 569 686 581 Q 674 594 648 596 Q 621 597 537 559 C 510 547 508 535 538 534 Z", "M 566 421 Q 603 433 685 443 C 715 447 715 453 690 469 Q 684 473 677 477 Q 662 484 637 475 Q 582 457 539 446 C 483 432 524 408 566 421 Z", "M 526 691 Q 505 707 487 716 Q 466 723 456 717 Q 444 710 455 693 Q 515 569 477 177 Q 473 122 429 68 Q 416 50 424 25 Q 434 -5 449 -17 Q 464 -27 477 -8 Q 493 20 640 134 Q 662 147 668 157 Q 672 167 662 169 Q 650 169 547 124 Q 529 115 529 133 Q 538 281 539 405 L 539 446 Q 539 492 538 534 L 537 559 Q 536 611 545 653 Q 545 657 546 659 C 549 675 549 675 526 691 Z", "M 692 284 Q 747 317 780 339 Q 852 391 877 400 Q 899 410 889 428 Q 876 446 850 461 Q 826 476 813 474 Q 800 473 804 459 Q 807 429 745 364 Q 714 331 681 296 C 660 274 666 269 692 284 Z", "M 681 296 Q 629 348 571 416 Q 570 419 566 421 C 546 443 516 424 539 405 Q 561 389 578 363 Q 776 89 816 79 Q 910 79 970 88 Q 988 89 994 98 Q 998 105 987 109 Q 807 172 705 272 Q 698 278 692 284 L 681 296 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.