EntryCommon
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    hard to please; difficult; particular; fussy; choosy; picky; fastidious

    うちの社長は気難しい。
    Our boss is hard to please.
  2. bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased; sullen; crabby; cranky; grumpy

Also written 気むずかしい【きむずかしい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Kun
いき
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
113 of 2500
Radical
steam
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-2, 2-2-4SKIP code
0a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
8041.7Four corner code
2356deroo
6c17Unicode hex code
1-21-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2480Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3025New Nelson (John Haig)
3194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3960Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
144Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17046PMorohashi
11A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59sakade
67Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
68henshall3
52Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
55crowley
246Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1150Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1903Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
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