Character: 難
Modern (Beijing) reading: nán
Preclassic Old Chinese: nār
Classic Old Chinese: nān
Western Han Chinese: nān
Eastern Han Chinese: nān
Early Postclassic Chinese: nān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nān
Late Postclassic Chinese: nān
Middle Chinese: nân
English meaning : be difficult
Russian meaning[s]: трудный, тяжелый; трудно, неудобно; вежл. нельзя, не могу; затруднять, беспокоить, обременять; [nàn] 1) бедствие; смута; 2) обвинять, укорять; 3) ставить в затруднительное положение; [nuó] 1) пышный (о листве); 2) см. 儺
Comments: Also read *nār-s, MC nần, Mand. nàn, Viet. nạn 'difficulty; to balk'. For *n- cf. Xiamen lan2, Chaozhou laŋ2, Fuzhou naŋ2, Jianou nuiŋ2 (*nār-s: Xiamen lan6, Chaozhou laŋ6, Fuzhou naŋ6, Jianou nuiŋ6).
Radical: 172
Four-angle index: 885
Karlgren code: 0152 d-g
Vietnamese reading: nan
Jianchuan Bai: na7
Dali Bai: na7
Bijiang Bai: ne7
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