The kanji 悩: meaning, readings and stroke order
悩
- Meaning
- worry, suffer
- On reading
- ノウ nou
- Kun reading
- なや(む) nayamu、なや(ます) nayamasu、なや(ましい) nayamashii
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 惱
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- phiền não, băn khoăn (não)
- Japanese
- なやむ。くるしく おもう。
- Korean
- 고민하다, 괴로워하다 (뇌)
- Chinese
- 烦恼、苦恼 (恼)
Readings, words and example sentences
ノウ nou · on reading · less common
苦悩
anguish, deep worry
苦悩の 表情が 見えます。
I can see the anguish on his face.
なや(む) nayamu · kun reading
悩む
to worry, to be troubled
進む 道に ついて 悩んで います。
I am worried about which path to take.
なや(ます) nayamasu · kun reading · less common
悩ます
to trouble, to give someone a headache
むずかしい 問題が 頭を 悩まします。
A hard problem is giving me a headache.
なや(ましい) nayamashii · kun reading · less common
悩ましい
hard to decide, troubling
悩ましい 選たくです。
It is a hard choice.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.