憹
worried, anxious, shaken
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Readings
On'yomi
- ドウ
- ヌ
- ニョウ
- ノウ
Kun'yomi
- こころみだ.れる
- なや.む
Meaning
憹 centers on a disturbed mental state: feeling worried, anxious, or emotionally shaken.
Study
Etymology
憹 combines the heart radical 忄 with 農, which likely provides the sound. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the structure suggests a phono-semantic compound where the heart radical indicates an emotional state.
Meaning mnemonic
The heart radical 忄 beside 農 (farming) suggests a farmer's heart full of worry about the crops. Picture a farmer anxiously watching the weather, feeling shaken by every change.
Reading mnemonic
For ドウ, imagine a worried farmer muttering 'dough' (ドウ) as he kneads bread, his mind shaken by anxiety over the harvest.