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悩

Worry
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingノウ
Kun readingなや.む、なや.ます
JōyōGrade 8Level 27

Verbs with «悩»

悩む悩ます
  1. to be worried
  2. to be troubled

Radicals and components

Radical心heart忄variant㣺variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Freud · state of mind · owl · villain · sheaf · shovel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2085

Compound words

悩むなやむ
to be worried; to be troubled
苦悩くのう
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
悩みなやみ
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows
煩悩ぼんのう
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
悩ますなやます
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
伸び悩むのびなやむ
to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off
悩殺のうさつ
fascinate
懊悩おうのう
anguish
子煩悩こぼんのう
doting (on one's children)
思い悩むおもいなやむ
to worry about
悩ましいなやましい
seductive
煩悶懊悩はんもんおうのう
anguish
憂い悩むうれいなやむ
to be grievously troubled
懊悩煩悶おうのうはんもん
anguish
頭を悩ますあたまをなやます
to rack one's brains

Additional Examples

彼は多くのもめごとに悩まされた。
A lot of troubles preyed upon his mind.tatoeba
彼は職務の重責に悩んでいた。
He was brushed with duties.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Worry, suffer. 忄 (heart) + 𡿺 (head) — thoughts in the head troubling the heart.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 悩

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