Memory phrase for the character: 悩

悩

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Meaning

worry, trouble, in pain, distress

Pronunciation

NŌ
nayamu/masu/mashii

Explanation

Left: feeling 忄, right: brain 脳 or 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 feelingsRadical name: risshin
sun beams
凶 bad luckThe container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
凵 frame
㐅 cross




 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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