難

Difficult

Also: Impossible, Trouble, Accident

On'yomi

  • なん nan

Kun'yomi

  • かた(い) katai
  • がた gata
  • むずか(しい) muzukashii
  • むづか muzuka
  • むつか mutsuka
  • にく niku
Stroke count
18
Radical
隹 short tailed bird · Kangxi radical 172
JLPT level
N3
School grade
Grade 6

難 has 18 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 隹 (short tailed bird), number 172. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 6 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N3 kanji list · Grade 6 kanji list · All kanji