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The Chinese word nan - 难 - nán
(degree of difficulty in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

nán

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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced nàn. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well (not yet available in this dictionary).

English translations

degree of difficulty, indiscernible,
hard

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 难 ( nán ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
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Chinese characters ( nan / nán ) with pronunciation (English translation: degree of difficulty )
难 ( nan / nán ) in traditional characters
難
Character complexity
the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character 

难 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

degree of difficulty  |  unavoidable
难 ( nan / nán ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 225)
Chinese example words containing the character 难 ( nan / nán )
困难 ( kùnnan = difficult ), 难道 ( nándào = could it be that ), 难怪 ( nánguài = no wonder ), 难过 ( nánguò = sad ), 难受 ( nánshòu = uncomfortable )
Other characters that are pronounced nán in Chinese
男 (male) , 南 (south)

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