Hanja Analyzer
艱

艱 — gan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어려울 간
Romanization
gan
English
difficult, hard; distressing
Mandarin
jiān
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ケン
Japanese kun'yomi
なや.む かた.い なや.み
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Variant forms
囏
Radical
艮 (138, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
菫
Unicode
U+8271

How 艱 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 艱 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 𦰩, 艮.

Korean example words with 艱

  • 간국艱局 Korean gloss: 일의 어려운 국면
  • 외간外艱 Korean gloss: 아버지의 상사(喪事). 또는 아버지가 없을 때의 할아버지의 상사
  • 간급하다艱急 Korean gloss: 어렵고 위급하다
  • 간군하다艱窘 Korean gloss: 가난하고 군색하다
  • 구간하다苟艱 Korean gloss: 몹시 구차하고 가난하다
  • 간고하다艱苦 Korean gloss: 처지나 상태가 어렵고 힘들다
  • 군간하다窘艱 Korean gloss: 살림이나 형편이 군색하고 고생스럽다
  • 내외간內外艱 Korean gloss: 부모나 승중(承重) 조부모의 상(喪)
  • 간이艱易 Korean gloss: 어려움과 쉬움.
  • 간환艱患 Korean gloss: 어려움과 근심.
  • 간식艱食 Korean gloss: 매우 검소한 음식.
  • 조간遭艱 Korean gloss: 부모의 상(喪)을 당함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 艱

  • 艱苦かんく hardship; suffering; privation
  • 艱難かんなん hardships; privations; difficulties
  • 時艱じかん problems that affect a period of time; hardships peculiar to an age; hard problems of the times
  • 艱難辛苦かんなんしんく trial and tribulation; hardships; privations
  • 艱難苦労かんなんくろう trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
  • 辛苦艱難しんくかんなん trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
  • 艱難汝を玉にすかんなんなんじをたまにす hardship makes the man

Characters sharing the phonetic 菫

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “간”

Other hanja with radical 艮

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