煩
anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome
Readings
On'yomi
- ハン
- ボン
Kun'yomi
- わずら.う
- わずら.わす
- うるさ.がる
- うるさ.い
Meaning
煩 centers on mental or emotional distress that feels like a burning irritation: anxiety, worry, and pain, as well as the act of annoying or being a nuisance.
Most common words using 煩
20 of 33- 煩いうるさいN5
noisy; loud
- 煩悩ぼんのう
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
- 煩いわずらい
worry; trouble; anxiety
- 煩雑はんざつ
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious; cumbersome
- 煩わしいわずらわしいN2
troublesome; annoying; complicated
- 煩わすわずらわす
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
- 煩うわずらうN1
to worry (about); to be concerned (about)
- 煩はん
trouble
- 煩悶はんもん
worry; agony
- 子煩悩こぼんのう
doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent; loving
- 心を煩わすこころをわずらわす
to worry oneself over
- 思い煩うおもいわずらう
to worry about; to be vexed
- 恋煩いこいわずらい
lovesickness
- 懊悩煩悶おうのうはんもん
anguish; agony
- 手を煩わすてをわずらわす
to cause a person trouble
- 手を煩わせるてをわずらわせる
to cause a person trouble
- 気煩いきわずらい
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
- 煩がるうるさがる
to feel annoyed at
- 煩わせるわずらわせる
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
- 煩を避けるはんをさける
to spare the trouble (of doing)
Study
Etymology
煩 combines 火 (fire) and 頁 (head), suggesting a head on fire with worry or irritation. This phono-semantic structure is well established.
Meaning mnemonic
Picture a head (頁) with a fire (火) burning inside it: the flames represent anxiety, worry, and the pain of being annoyed.
Reading mnemonic
For ハン, imagine a hand fanning the flames on your head to cool the irritation: hand -> ハン, and the fanning soothes the burning worry.