The kanji 煩: meaning, readings and stroke order

煩

Meaning: troublesome, worry
On reading: ハン han、ボン* bon
Kun reading: わずら（う） wazurau、わずら（わす） wazurawasu、わずら（わしい） wazurawashii
Strokes: 13
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phiền, rắc rối (phiền)
Japanese: わずらわしい。くよくよなやむ。
Korean: 번거롭다, 괴로워하다 (번)
Chinese: 麻烦、烦恼 (烦)

Readings, words and example sentences

ハン han · on reading · less common

煩はん雑ざつ
complicated, full of fuss
手続きが 煩はん雑ざつです。
The paperwork is complicated.

わずら（う） wazurau · kun reading · less common

煩わずらう
to worry, to agonize
思い 煩わずらいます。
I keep worrying about it.

わずら（わす） wazurawasu · kun reading · less common

煩わずらわす
to trouble (someone), to bother
人の手を 煩わずらわします。
I end up troubling other people.

わずら（わしい） wazurawashii · kun reading · less common

煩わずらわしい
troublesome, bothersome
煩わずらわしい 手続きです。
It is a troublesome procedure.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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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.