Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 悩

悩

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Meaning

 worry, trouble, in pain, distress

Pronunciation

 NŌ
nayamu/masu/mashii

Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: light (here: overflowingly full), bad luck/disaster 凶 (container 凵 with a mark X, that indicates that it is empty = bad luck)

Mnemonic

The feelings with the overflowing container of bad luck were worries.

Radicals

忄 feelings(Radical name: risshin)
sun beams
凶 bad luck(The container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.)
凵 frame
㐅 cross
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Vocabulary

悩ましい なやましい seductive, horny, melancholy, enchanting
悩ます なやます to harass, to afflict, to torment, to molest
悩み なやみ trouble(s), worry, distress, anguish, agony
悩む なやむ to be worried, to be troubled

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