Read Edit View history 難 nánnàn HSK1 difficult Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 難 Simp strokes 難 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 難 Simp strokes 難 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 難 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 123, 643 ], [ 171, 640 ], [ 463, 705 ], [ 525, 704 ] ], [ [ 211, 766 ], [ 230, 762 ], [ 253, 742 ], [ 285, 557 ] ], [ [ 390, 833 ], [ 422, 796 ], [ 389, 627 ], [ 383, 614 ], [ 371, 607 ] ], [ [ 297, 564 ], [ 317, 575 ], [ 360, 584 ], [ 413, 581 ] ], [ [ 151, 474 ], [ 183, 449 ], [ 216, 364 ] ], [ [ 201, 474 ], [ 211, 468 ], [ 258, 477 ], [ 423, 521 ], [ 439, 515 ], 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