Kanji N2

悩: trouble, worry, in pain

悩 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning trouble, worry, in pain, written with 10 strokes. It is read ノウ (on) and なやむ, なやます, なやましい (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 悩む (なやむ, to be worried) and 悩み (なやみ, trouble).

悩

Meanings

  • trouble
  • worry
  • in pain
  • distress
  • illness
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1084 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ノウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • なやむ
  • なやます
  • なやましい
  • なやみ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 悩

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 悩むなやむ

    to be worried; to be troubled

    JLPT N3
  • 悩みなやみ

    trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows

    JLPT N1
  • 悩ますなやます

    to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

    JLPT N1
  • 悩ましいなやましい

    seductive; carnal; enchanting

    JLPT N1
  • 苦悩くのう

    (mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

  • 伸び悩むのびなやむ

    to be sluggish; to make little progress

  • 煩悩ぼんのう

    worldly desires; evil passions

  • 思い悩むおもいなやむ

    to worry about; to be worried about

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