烦
to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,658 U+70E6
How 烦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 页 (phonetic, yè)
How to remember it
vexed · Heisig RSH #173
head + 火 fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 页
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 页 (yè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 页 sound component | yè | page, sheet, leaf |
| 颗 | kē | grain, kernel |
Words containing 烦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼不见,心不烦 | yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fán | what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom) |
| 要言不烦 | yào yán bù fán | to explain in simple terms; succinct; concise |
| 烦心事 | fán xīn shì | troubles; worries; sth on one's mind |
| 心烦意乱 | xīn fán yì luàn | lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety |
| 活得不耐烦 | huó de bù nài fán | to be tired of living; (coll.) to be asking for trouble |
| 不胜其烦 | bù shèng qí fán | to be pestered beyond endurance |
| 烦人 | fán rén | to annoy; annoying; irritating; troublesome |
| 心烦 | xīn fán | to feel agitated; to be troubled; to be annoyed; an upset or distraction |
| 烦心 | fán xīn | annoying; vexing |
| 惹人心烦 | rě rén xīn fán | to annoy people; to be a pain in the neck |
| 自找麻烦 | zì zhǎo má fan | to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties |
| 不厌其烦 | bù yàn qí fán | not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient |
| 不耐烦 | bù nài fán | impatient; to lose patience |
| 耐心烦 | nài xīn fán | (coll.) patience |
| 麻烦 | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to tr… |
| 心烦气躁 | xīn fán qì zào | agitated; annoyed (idiom) |
| 劳烦 | láo fán | to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) |
| 烦劳 | fán láo | to put sb to trouble (of doing sth); vexation; inconvenience |
| 烦乱 | fán luàn | anxious; agitated |
| 烦杂 | fán zá | many and disorderly; muddled |