Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 艱

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiān

Preclassic Old Chinese: krǝ̄n

Classic Old Chinese: krǝ̄n

Western Han Chinese: krǝ̄n

Eastern Han Chinese: krǝ̄n

Early Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̣̄n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiǝ̣̄n

Late Postclassic Chinese: kiǝ̣̄n

Middle Chinese: kạ̈n

English meaning : distress, difficulty, hardship; distressing news; cause distress

Russian meaning[s]: 1) трудный, тяжелый; тягостный, мучительный; огорчение; трудность; тягость; беда, несчастье; 2) смерть родителей

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 138

Four-angle index: 5769

Karlgren code: 0480 c-d

Vietnamese reading: gian

Shijing occurrences: 40.1_

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