烦恼
fán​nǎo HSK7

worries

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

恼 nǎo get angry Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惱.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

囟
囟 Simplified component
xìn fontanel

Shorthand for the phonetic 𡿺 component in the traditional character 惱.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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)

惱 nǎo get angry Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
𡿺
𡿺 Sound component
nǎo brain

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuːʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang