JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 煩: "anxiety, trouble, worry"
The kanji 煩 means "anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ハン, ボン in on'yomi and わずら.う, わずら.わす, うるさ.がる, うるさ.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハンボン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わずら.うわずら.わすうるさ.がるうるさ.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2081 of 2,501 |
Common words with 煩
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 煩いnoisy; loud · annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent
- 煩わしいtroublesome; annoying; complicated
- 煩悩worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh · klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
- 手を煩わせるto cause a person trouble
- 煩悶worry; agony
- 煩わせるto trouble; to bother; to annoy
- 煩わすto trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
- 煩うto worry (about); to be concerned (about) · to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...
- 煩trouble
- 煩雑complex; intricate; complicated; confused
- 子煩悩doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent; loving · adoring parent; doting parent
- 恋煩いlovesickness
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