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Kotomora

煩

anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes13

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

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  • 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)

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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.