悩 – trouble, worry, in pain

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1084 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 悩 means trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ノウ (nou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なや.む、なや.ます、なや.ましい、なやみ (nayamu, nayamasu, nayamashii, nayami). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ノウ	nou
Kun’yomi	なや.む	nayamu
Kun’yomi	なや.ます	nayamasu
Kun’yomi	なや.ましい	nayamashii
Kun’yomi	なやみ	nayami

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 尚・忙・凵.

Words using 悩

悩むなやむto be worried悩みなやみtrouble悩ますなやますto afflict悩ましいなやましいseductive

Example sentences

悩んでも何の利益にもならない。

There is no profit in worrying.

Tatoeba #121757

それはぜいたくな悩みだよ。

Gee, I wish I had that problem.

Tatoeba #205486

そんなささいなことで私を悩まさないでくれ。

Don't bother me with such trifles.

Tatoeba #204322

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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