Word Meaning 殉難

じゅんなん junnan

殉難 is read as じゅんなん (junnan) and means martyrdom.

Meaning

English

  1. martyrdom

Reading

Kana

じゅんなん

Romaji

junnan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 15857 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

殉難者

じゅんなんしゃ

victim

殉職

じゅんしょく

dying at one's post

殉教

じゅんきょう

martyrdom

避難

ひなん

taking refuge

遭難

そうなん

disaster

災難

さいなん

calamity

至難

しなん

most difficult

救難

きゅうなん

rescue

就職難

しゅうしょくなん

difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)

無難

ぶなん

safe (e.g. choice)

非難

ひなん

criticism

困難

こんなん

infeasibility

Example Sentences

1

じゅんなんしゃをついとうするしきがおこなわれた。

A ceremony was held to mourn those who died as victims.