Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

悩: trouble, worry

Also: in pain, distress, illness

JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · ⺍ and 凶 are drawn in

10 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

ノウnou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 煩悩ぼんのうearthly desires, carnal desires
  • 苦悩するくのうするsuffer, be anguished

なやむnayamu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 悩むなやむbe worried, be troubled [v.i.]
  • 悩みなやみtrouble, worry [n.]

なやますnayamasu · kun'yomi

  • 悩ますなやますafflict, torment, harass [v.t.]

なやましいnayamashii · kun'yomi

  • 悩ましいなやましいseductive

Also read なやみ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
忄

Also built on heart (忄)

All 34
⺍

Also built on katakana Tsu (⺍)

All 9
凶

Also built on villain (凶)

Also read ノウ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
悩 trouble · 忄
vs脳 brain · 月
悩 has 忄 where 脳 has 月.
In ChineseSimplified 恼 · traditional 惱 · nǎo

Three different forms: Japanese 悩, simplified 恼, traditional 惱.

Simplified
恼 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
惱 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin nǎo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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