難
なん · nan · JLPT N3 · noun
trouble
🐦 難 = 堇 parched clay + 隹 bird: a bird in a drought has hardships
The same kanji appears in 難しい (muzukashii, difficult). Read なん, it shows up in 困難 (konnan, difficulty) and 非難 (hinan, criticism, as in finding a defect in someone). Verbal hook: nan sounds like none, as in none of it is easy.