jiān difficult; hard; hardship

Made up of [ gèn stubborn radical 138, yòu also; in addition; and radical 29]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 8 strokes.
The right hand part is 'gen' stubborn, the left hand part has changed from 'ge' (animal hide) to a hange

Related characters


Also uses gèn component: gēn (heel) hěn (very) ; liáng (good) ; yín (silver)
Also uses yòu component: bào (to announce) (to pass) ; duì (right) ; (to send out) ; fǎn (contrary) ; (clothes) ; hàn (chinese) ; huān (merry) ; (and) ; (fowl) ; nán (difficult) ; (to take) ; shèng (holy) ; shòu (to receive) ; shù (tree) ; shuāng (pair) ; yǒu (friend) ; (pool) ; zhī (to support)

Sounds same

jiān (narrow) ; jiān (between)

Different tone

jiǎn (scissors) ; jiàn (healthy) ; jiàn (see) ; jiàn ; jiàn (to establish) ; jiàn (gap) ; jiàn (arrow)

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