Chinese symbol for “fiddly”
烦琐
fán suǒ
Traditional: 煩瑣
tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fiddly is 烦琐 (fán suǒ), defined as: tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烦琐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 烦恼 (煩惱) | fán nǎo | to be worried; to be distressed |
| 厌烦 (厭煩) | yàn fán | bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth |
| 烦躁 (煩躁) | fán zào | jittery; twitchy |
| 心烦 (心煩) | xīn fán | to feel agitated; to be troubled |
| 不耐烦 (不耐煩) | bù nài fán | impatient; to lose patience |
| 繁琐 (繁瑣) | fán suǒ | many and complicated; mired in minor details |
| 猥琐 (猥瑣) | wěi suǒ | wretched (esp. appearance); vulgar |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.