Chinese symbol for “vexing”
烦心
fán xīn
Traditional: 煩心
annoying; vexing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vexing is 烦心 (fán xīn), defined as: annoying; vexing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烦心.
| 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 |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vexing”.
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.