This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ナン、かた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、-にく.い
Romaji: nan, kata.i, -gata.i, muzuka.shii, muzuka.shii, mutsuka.shii, -niku.i
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: な、なに
Romaji: na, nani
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  172
Frequency:  330
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-10-8
Korean Reading:  na
Chinese Reading:  nan4
Unicode:  96e3
JIS:  4671

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1838
Nelson Index: 5038
New Nelson Index: 6515
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8c10.2
Four Corner Index: 4051.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 949
Gakken Index: 442
Japanese Names Index: 2760
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42128P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.1042
Remembering the kanji Index: 1580
Kanji Way Index: 351
Kanji Flashcards Index: 995
Kodansha Compact Index: 1856
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 960
Kanji in Context Index: 526
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1196
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1632
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1594
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1703
Essential Kanji Index: 800
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2310
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1975
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 853
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1003

Words

(なん)
difficulty; trouble; hardship; accident; disaster; danger; fault; defect; criticism
難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
非難 (ひなん)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
難民 (なんみん)
refugees
難い (かたい)
difficult; hard
困難 (こんなん)
difficulty; distress
避難 (ひなん)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape
難易 (なんい)
difficulty; relative difficulty
遭難 (そうなん)
disaster; shipwreck; accident; being stranded
救難 (きゅうなん)
rescue; salvage
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