艰苦 jiānkǔ▶ duro, difícil

Stroke order

艰苦 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 艰 — 8 strokes
• 苦 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. difficult
2. hard
3. arduous

Related words

• 刻苦Trabajador
• 痛苦Dolor
• 艰巨arduo
• 苦amargo
• 吃苦Dificultad, penuria
• 艰难difícil

艰苦 is pronounced jiānkǔ and means “duro, difícil”. It is part of the HSK 5 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 艰苦 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.