烦腻
fán​nì

fed up

烦 fán, fan bother, trouble Simplified

Depicts fire (火) in the head (页), i.e. a headache. Simplified form of 煩.

Components

火
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
页
页 Iconic component
yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

腻 nì greasy Simplified

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

贰
贰 Sound component
èr number two

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

煩 fán, fan bother, trouble Traditional

Depicts fire (火) in the head (頁), i.e. a headache.

Components

火
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
頁
頁 Iconic component
yè (head), page

Depicts a head.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjon[b]a[n] troubled

說文解字

《說文》：“煩，熱頭痛也。从頁，从火。一曰焚省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

膩 greasy Traditional

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

貳
貳 Sound component
number two

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnrijHnri[j]-soily
Zhengzhangnis
Unicodenì

說文解字

上𦘺也。从肉貳聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)