Meaning & readings
anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome
On’yomi ハン、ボン
Kun’yomi わずら.う、わずら.わす、うるさ.がる、うるさ.い
Origin
This character combines fire (火) on the left with head or face (頁) on the right to show the feeling of mental distress. The "fire" represents the burning, agitated sensation of worry or irritation, while "head" points to where you experience these troubling thoughts. Together they paint a picture of your mind being inflamed by anxiety or annoyance, much like heat spreading through your body when you're upset or uncomfortable. The character essentially shows how trouble and worry can consume your thoughts and make you feel restless or ill at ease.
Components
- 火
- 頁
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 13
- Kangxi radical
- 86
- Formation type
- Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #2081 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+07169