煩
煩 — Anxiety
anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy
On’yomiハン (han)
On’yomiボン (bon)
Kun’yomiわずらう (wazurau)
Kun’yomiわずらわす (wazurawasu)
Kun’yomiうるさがる (urusagaru)
Kun’yomiうるさい (urusai)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 煩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煩い | うるさい urusai | noisy; loud; annoying |
| 煩わしい | わずらわしい wazurawashii | troublesome; annoying; complicated |
| 煩雑 | はんざつ hanzatsu | complex; intricate; complicated |
| 煩う | わずらう wazurau | to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ... |
| 煩い | わずらい wazurai | worry; trouble; anxiety |
| 煩悩 | ぼんのう bonnou | worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh |
Study notes
煩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2081 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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