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Chinese symbol for “worries”

烦恼
fán nǎo
Traditional: 煩惱
to be worried; to be distressed; worries

The closest CC-CEDICT match for worries is 烦恼 (fán nǎo), defined as: to be worried; to be distressed; worries.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

烦 fán
to bother, to trouble, to vex
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
恼 nǎo
angry, wrathful
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “worries”

WordPinyinMeaning
烦心事 (煩心事)fán xīn shìtroubles; worries; sth on one's mind
愁肠 (愁腸)chóu chánganxiety; worries

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烦恼.

WordPinyinMeaning
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
厌烦 (厭煩)yàn fánbored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
烦躁 (煩躁)fán zàojittery; twitchy
心烦 (心煩)xīn fánto feel agitated; to be troubled
不耐烦 (不耐煩)bù nài fánimpatient; to lose patience
苦恼 (苦惱)kǔ nǎovexed; distressed
恼怒 (惱怒)nǎo nùresentful; angry
恼火 (惱火)nǎo huǒannoyed; riled; vexed

See also: Japanese symbol for “worries”.

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.

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