悩 — kanji meaning “trouble”
悩
trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness
- Meanings
- trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness
- On'yomi
- ノウ (nou)
- Kun'yomi
- なや.む、なや.ます、なや.ましい、なやみ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1084 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- nǎo
Words with 悩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悩み | なやみ nayami | trouble; troubles; worry |
| 悩む | なやむ nayamu | to be worried; to be troubled |
| 苦悩 | くのう kunou | (mental) agony; anguish; suffering |
| 煩悩 | ぼんのう bonnou | worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh |
| 悩ます | なやます nayamasu | to afflict; to torment; to harass |
| 悩ましい | なやましい nayamashii | seductive; carnal; enchanting |
| 伸び悩む | のびなやむ nobinayamu | to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth |
| 思い悩む | おもいなやむ omoinayamu | to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about |
| 悩殺 | のうさつ nousatsu | fascinate; bewitch; enchant |
| 子煩悩 | こぼんのう kobonnou | doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent |
| 懊悩 | おうのう ounou | anguish; trouble; agony |
| 憂い悩む | うれいなやむ ureinayamu | to be grievously troubled |
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