Read Edit View history 难 nánnàn HSK1 difficult Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas nán ×nan ×nàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 难 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 難 ×难 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 難. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 难 Simp strokes 难 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 难 Simp strokes 难 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 难 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 164, 547 ], [ 229, 550 ], [ 325, 581 ], [ 356, 581 ], [ 377, 573 ], [ 341, 425 ], [ 310, 350 ], [ 282, 302 ], [ 235, 250 ], [ 177, 207 ], [ 113, 180 ], [ 85, 177 ] ], [ [ 166, 446 ], [ 328, 316 ], [ 390, 250 ], [ 410, 206 ] ], [ [ 563, 825 ], [ 599, 784 ], [ 581, 730 ], [ 519, 600 ], [ 458, 504 ], [ 421, 462 ] ], [ [ 515, 550 ], [ 533, 493 ], [ 538, 395 ], [ 530, 149 ], [ 519, 55 ], [ 526, -12 ] ], [ [ 677, 741 ], [ 746, 697 ], [ 775, 657 ] ], [ [ 592, 549 ], [ 621, 544 ], [ 665, 548 ], [ 747, 566 ], [ 826, 592 ], [ 870, 591 ] ], [ [ 620, 411 ], [ 681, 410 ], [ 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