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 Dictionary: 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

	Old Chinese
煩	*ban
薠	*ban

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

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

Pronunciation

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
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4

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/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fan²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fàn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fan²

• Eastern Min (BUC): huàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêng⁵ / huang⁵ / huam⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve

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• 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴
    • Yale: fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan²
    • Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fan²
    • Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve
    • MiniDict: ve^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]a[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Definitions

煩

1. 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?

2. to annoy; to bother

   你不要煩我好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你不要烦我好吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ bùyào fán wǒ hǎo ma? [Pinyin]

   Don't annoy me, okay?

3. 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.

4. numerous and jumbled; miscellaneous
5. (polite) to trouble someone to do something

   有事相煩／有事相烦  ―  yǒushì xiàngfán  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to annoy):

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• 告擾 / 告扰 (gàorǎo) (formal, humble, polite)
• 吵擾 / 吵扰 (chǎorǎo)
• 困擾 / 困扰 (kùnrǎo)
• 干擾 (gānrǎo)
• 打亂 / 打乱 (dǎluàn)
• 打擾 / 打扰 (dǎrǎo)
• 打攪 / 打搅 (dǎjiǎo)
• 搗 / 捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 擾亂 / 扰乱 (rǎoluàn)
• 攪 / 搅 (jiǎo)
• 攪亂 / 搅乱 (jiǎoluàn)
• 攪動 / 搅动 (jiǎodòng)
• 攪吵 / 搅吵 (Hokkien)
• 攪擾 / 搅扰 (jiǎorǎo)
• 梟亂 / 枭乱 (xiāoluàn) (literary)
• 殽亂 / 淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
• 煩擾 / 烦扰 (fánrǎo)
• 糾紛 / 纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
• 糾纏 / 纠缠 (jiūchán)
• 纏 / 缠 (chán)
• 纏擾 / 缠扰 (chánrǎo)
• 纏磨 / 缠磨 (chánmo) (colloquial)
• 纏繞 / 缠绕 (chánrào)
• 驚 / 惊 (jīng)
• 驚動 / 惊动 (jīngdòng)

 

• (to trouble someone to do something):

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• 付託 / 付托 (fùtuō)
• 勞慰 / 劳慰 (nao² wei⁴) (Sichuanese, polite)
• 勞累 / 劳累 (láolèi) (polite)
• 囑託 / 嘱托 (zhǔtuō)
• 委託 / 委托 (wěituō)
• 寄 (jì)
• 寄託 / 寄托 (jìtuō)
• 打擾 / 打扰 (dǎrǎo) (polite)
• 拜託 / 拜托 (bàituō) (polite)
• 相煩 / 相烦 (xiāngfán) (polite)
• 託付 / 托付 (tuōfù)
• 託管 / 托管 (tuōguǎn)
• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ) (polite)
• 麻煩 / 麻烦 (máfan) (polite)
• 齪嘈 / 龊嘈 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

Compounds

• 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 (nàifán)
• 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 (fánrǒng)
• 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)
• 煩愁 / 烦愁
• 煩惱 / 烦恼 (fánnǎo)
• 煩想 / 烦想
• 煩惱絲 / 烦恼丝 (fánnǎosī)
• 煩慮 / 烦虑
• 煩懣 / 烦懑 (fánmèn)
• 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 (fánsuǒ)
• 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 (fánzá)
• 煩難 / 烦难 (fánnán)
• 甄煩就簡 / 甄烦就简
• 發煩 / 发烦
• 相煩 / 相烦 (xiāngfán)
• 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 (pínfán)
• 食少事煩 / 食少事烦
• 麻煩 / 麻烦 (máfan)

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 煩

煩

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to worry
2. 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, 煩ふ, historical)}、わずらわす (wazurawasu, 煩わす, Jōyō)^{←わづらはす (wadurafasu, 煩はす, historical)}、わずらわしい (wazurawashī, 煩わしい)^{←わづらはしい (wadurafasii, 煩はしい, 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))

1. hanja form^? of 번 (“bother, vex, trouble”)
2. hanja form^? of 번 (“troublesome”)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 煩 (MC bjon).

Phonogram

煩 (po₂)

1. Denotes phonographic syllable po₂.

Further reading

• Miyake (2003) p. 254

Vietnamese

Han character

煩: Hán Nôm readings: phiền

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