煩

See also: 烦

煩	U+7169, 煩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7169

← 煨
[U+7168]

CJK Unified Ideographs

煪 →
[U+716A]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

煩 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火一月金 (FMBC), four-corner 9188₆, composition ⿰火頁)

Derived characters

𫬆(𫫏), 𢶃, 𪹺, 𨆌, 𭆖, 薠(𮐚), 𨆜

Related characters

烦 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 678, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19229
Dae Jaweon: page 1089, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2216, character 5
Unihan data for U+7169

Chinese

trad.		煩
simp.		烦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 煩
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (煩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
煩	*ban
薠	*ban

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 火 (“fire”) + 頁 (“head”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fán (fan²)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
(Chengdu, SP): fan²
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fàn
(Meixian, Guangdong): fan²
Min Dong (BUC): huàng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hoân
(Teochew, Peng'im): huêng⁵ / huang⁵ / huam⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ve (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fán
  - Wade–Giles: fan²
  - Yale: fán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
  - Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴
  - Yale: fàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fanˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan²
  - Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fan²
  - Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
  - Tâi-lô: huân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /huan²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huêng⁵ / huang⁵ / huam⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huêng / huâng / huâm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ⁵⁵/, /huaŋ⁵⁵/, /huam⁵⁵/

Note:

huêng5 - Chaozhou;
huang5 - Shantou;
huam5 - Jieyang, Pontianak.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ve (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥e̞²³/

Middle Chinese: /bʉɐn/

Rime
Character	煩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]a[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	煩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fán
Middle Chinese	‹ bjon ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]a[n]/
English	troubled
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煩
Reading #	1/1
No.	2943
Phonetic component	煩
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

煩

agitated; restless; vexed; unhappy
煩躁／烦躁 ― fánzào ― agitated
心裡很煩／心里很烦 ― xīnlǐ hěn fán ― The heart is restless.
你在煩什麼啊？／你在烦什么啊？ ― Nǐ zài fán shénme a? ― What are you getting so annoyed about?
to annoy; to bother
你不要煩我好嗎？／你不要烦我好吗？ ― Nǐ bùyào fán wǒ hǎo ma? ― Don't annoy me, okay?
fed up; sick of
這些話我都聽煩了。 [MSC, trad.]
这些话我都听烦了。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhèxiē huà wǒ dōu tīng fán le. [Pinyin]
I'm fed up with these words.
numerous and jumbled; miscellaneous
(polite) to put someone to trouble (of doing something)
有事相煩／有事相烦 ― yǒushì xiàngfán ― (please add an English translation of this example)

Compounds

Derived terms from 煩

不勝其煩／不胜其烦 (bùshèngqífán)
不厭其煩／不厌其烦 (bùyàn qí fán)
不奈煩／不奈烦
不憚其煩／不惮其烦
不憚煩／不惮烦
不煩／不烦
不煩惱／不烦恼
不耐心煩／不耐心烦
不耐煩／不耐烦 (bùnàifán)
內煩／内烦
動煩／动烦
厭煩／厌烦 (yànfán)
嘖有煩言／啧有烦言
央煩／央烦
奈煩／奈烦
奉煩／奉烦
心煩／心烦 (xīnfán)
心煩意亂／心烦意乱 (xīnfányìluàn)
心煩慮亂／心烦虑乱
心煩技癢／心烦技痒
惹麻煩／惹麻烦 (rě máfan)
憂煩／忧烦 (yōufán)
憚煩／惮烦 (dànfán)
找麻煩／找麻烦
搗麻煩／捣麻烦
撥煩理劇／拨烦理剧
撥煩理難／拨烦理难
案牘勞煩／案牍劳烦
沒耐煩／没耐烦
滌煩／涤烦
激煩／激烦

煩亂／烦乱 (fánluàn)
煩人／烦人 (fánrén)
煩冗／烦冗
煩冤／烦冤
煩劇／烦剧
煩勞／烦劳 (fánláo)
煩厭／烦厌 (fányàn)
煩吵／烦吵
煩問／烦问
煩囂／烦嚣
煩囂喧鬧／烦嚣喧闹
煩天惱地／烦天恼地
煩富／烦富
煩心／烦心 (fánxīn)
煩忙／烦忙 (fánmáng)
煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
煩惱／烦恼 (fánnǎo)
煩惱絲／烦恼丝
煩想／烦想
煩愁／烦愁
煩慮／烦虑
煩懣／烦懑
煩擾／烦扰 (fánrǎo)
煩數／烦数
煩文／烦文
煩法／烦法
煩熱／烦热
煩猥／烦猥
煩瑣／烦琐
煩細／烦细
煩絮／烦絮

煩膩／烦腻
煩苛／烦苛
煩複／烦复
煩言／烦言 (fányán)
煩言碎語／烦言碎语
煩言碎辭／烦言碎辞
煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng)
煩費／烦费
煩躁／烦躁 (fánzào)
煩雜／烦杂
煩難／烦难
甄煩就簡／甄烦就简
發煩／发烦
相煩／相烦
省煩從簡／省烦从简
磨煩／磨烦
累煩／累烦
絮煩／絮烦
耐煩／耐烦 (nàifán)
膩煩／腻烦 (nìfán)
自尋煩惱／自寻烦恼
自找麻煩／自找麻烦
要言不煩／要言不烦
話休絮煩／话休絮烦
起煩／起烦
車殆馬煩／车殆马烦
道煩惱／道烦恼
頻煩／频烦
食少事煩／食少事烦
麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)

Japanese

Kanji

煩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

to worry
annoying, worrying

Readings

Go-on: ぼん (bon, Jōyō ^†)
Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
Kun: わずらう (wazurau, 煩う, Jōyō)^{←わづらふ (wadurafu, historical)}; わずらわす (wazurawasu, 煩わす, Jōyō)^{←わづらはす (wadurafasu, historical)}; わずらわしい (wazurawashī, 煩わしい)^{←わづらはしい (wadurafasī, historical)}; うるさい (urusai, 煩い); うるさがる (urusagaru, 煩がる)

Korean

Hanja

煩 (eumhun 번거로울 번 (beon'georoul beon))

Hanja form^? of 번 (“bother, vex, trouble”).
Hanja form^? of 번 (“troublesome”).

Vietnamese

Han character

煩: Hán Nôm readings: phiền

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