難 Kanji – difficult
The Japanese kanji 難 can mean difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect.
Meaning and Readings
How is 難 read?
難 has the onyomi reading ナン and the kunyomi readings かたい, -がたい, むずかしい, むづかしい, むつかしい, -にくい.
In romaji, these readings can be written as nan, katai, gatai, muzukashii, mutsukashii, nikui.
Common Japanese Words Using 難
These common Japanese words contain 難. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 海難（かいなん） — accident at sea, sea disaster, shipwreck
- 苦難（くなん） — suffering, distress, hardship, trial
- 困難（こんなん） — difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress
- 災難（さいなん） — calamity, misfortune, disaster
- 財政難（ざいせいなん） — economic difficulties, financial difficulties, fiscal difficulties
- 至難（しなん） — most difficult, next to impossible
- 受難（じゅなん） — sufferings, ordeals, agony
- 殉難（じゅんなん） — martyrdom
- 遭難（そうなん） — (meeting with) disaster, (having an) accident, mishap, shipwreck, distress
- 多難（たなん） — full of troubles, difficulties