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煩 — kanji meaning “anxiety”

anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome

Meanings
anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
13
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#2081 of 2,500
Classical radical
86
Chinese reading
fán — Chinese character page

Words with 煩

WordReadingMeaning
ぼんのう bonnouworldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
はんざつ hanzatsucomplex; intricate; complicated
わずらわしい wazurawashiitroublesome; annoying; complicated
わずらい wazuraiworry; trouble; anxiety
うるさい urusainoisy; loud
はんもん hanmonworry; agony
こぼんのう kobonnoudoting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent
こいわずらい koiwazurailovesickness
はんさ hansavexatious; troublesome; complicated
わずらわす wazurawasuto trouble; to bother; to annoy
おもいわずらう omoiwazurauto worry about; to be vexed
わずらう wazurauto worry (about); to be concerned (about)

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.