Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult

    戦争中、人々は多くの難儀を経験した。
    During the war, people went through many hardships.
  2. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    suffering; hardship; trouble; affliction; difficulty

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Kun
かた.い-がた.いむずか.しいむづか.しいむつか.しい-にく.い
On
ナン
Strokes
18
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
330 of 2500
Radical
short-tailed bird
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

なに

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-10-8SKIP code
8c10.2The Kanji Dictionary
4051.4Four corner code
1975deroo
96e3Unicode hex code
1-38-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5038Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6515New Nelson (John Haig)
1838New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2310Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1196Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1632Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1580Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1703Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
442A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2760Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
800Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42128PMorohashi
949A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
566Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
853sakade
995Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
960henshall3
1003Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
351crowley
526Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1856Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1594Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nan2, nan4Pinyin reading
nan, naKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ceremony, rule, affair, case, a matter

On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
739 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

Used in names as

のりよし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-13SKIP code
2a13.4The Kanji Dictionary
2825.3Four corner code
2159deroo
5100Unicode hex code
1-21-23JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
554Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
324New Nelson (John Haig)
169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
191Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
124Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
147Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
984Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1059Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1311A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2255Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1252Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1172Morohashi
1137A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
727Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
740Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1071Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1747Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
936Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
137Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
993Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi2Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level