Read Edit View history 艱 jiān difficult Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 艰 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person reporting difficulties. Originally written as 卩 or 女. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 艱 Simp strokes 艱 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 艱 Simp strokes 艱 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 艱 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 129, 675 ], [ 187, 669 ], [ 264, 681 ], [ 451, 725 ], [ 491, 726 ] ], [ [ 202, 800 ], [ 221, 794 ], [ 241, 776 ], [ 265, 553 ] ], [ [ 390, 854 ], [ 421, 815 ], [ 384, 648 ], [ 378, 635 ], [ 366, 628 ] ], [ [ 283, 572 ], [ 301, 590 ], [ 327, 597 ], [ 390, 606 ], [ 412, 600 ] ], [ [ 148, 498 ], [ 179, 477 ], [ 216, 366 ] ], [ [ 207, 493 ], [ 217, 487 ], [ 243, 490 ], [ 388, 526 ], [ 433, 528 ], [ 445, 523 ], [ 464, 501 ], [ 450, 468 ], [ 424, 449 ] ], [ [ 231, 384 ], [ 276, 400 ], [ 397, 423 ], [ 464, 417 ] ], [ [ 208, 307 ], [ 276, 304 ], [ 381, 331 ], [ 432, 333 ] ], [ [ 62, 189 ], [ 90, 181 ], [ 129, 181 ], [ 402, 241 ], [ 445, 245 ], [ 474, 240 ] ], [ [ 285, 564 ], [ 317, 552 ], [ 325, 540 ], [ 311, 304 ], [ 289, 184 ], [ 259, 114 ], [ 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520 597 568 L 596 598 Q 597 647 606 689 C 609 707 609 707 594 719 Q 572 738 552 747 Q 533 754 524 748 Q 514 742 523 726 Q 584 603 535 128 Q 534 77 496 25 Q 484 9 493 -15 Q 505 -42 519 -53 Q 532 -60 544 -43 Q 559 -10 707 133 Q 725 148 729 158 Q 732 168 722 168 Q 701 165 590 86 Q 586 80 582 87 Q 592 247 596 384 L 597 417 Z", "M 731 285 Q 776 309 802 324 Q 859 364 883 372 Q 904 379 895 397 Q 883 413 859 429 Q 837 442 825 441 Q 813 440 817 427 Q 817 400 723 297 Q 722 296 721 294 C 703 270 705 271 731 285 Z", "M 721 294 Q 661 349 597 417 C 576 439 578 408 596 384 Q 683 263 793 134 Q 812 113 845 114 Q 954 115 988 122 Q 998 123 1000 129 Q 1000 135 986 142 Q 830 199 750 267 Q 741 276 731 285 L 721 294 Z" ] } 17 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + 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 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