艰苦 jiānkǔ hard

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Traditional: 艱苦

Stroke order

艰苦 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

艰苦 — the Chinese character for hard (jiānkǔ), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 艰苦 — hard

艰 — 8 strokes
苦 — 8 strokes

Senses

difficult
hard
arduous

Characters in 艰苦

艰 jiān — difficult; hard; hardship
苦 kǔ — bitter; hardship; pain

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

艰苦 is pronounced jiānkǔ and means “hard”.

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