Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness

Kunyomi: なや.む なや.ます なや.ましい なやみ

Onyomi: ノウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっしんべん

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(ぼんのう)   earthly desires, carnal desires

する(くのうする)   suffer, be anguished

ます(なやます)   afflict, torment, harass [v.t.]

む(なやむ)   be worried, be troubled [v.i.]

み(なやみ)   trouble, worry [n.]

ましい(なやましい)   seductive

Onyomi Examples

ノウサツ fascinate, bewitch, enchant

ノウラン worry, anguish

オウノウ anguish, trouble, agony

煩悶懊 ハンモンオウノウ anguish, agony

Kunyomi Examples

なやむ to be worried, to be troubled

ます なやます to afflict, to torment, to harass, to molest

ましい なやましい seductive, carnal, enchanting, troubling, difficult, thorny, hard, anxious, uneasy

なやみ trouble, troubles, worry, distress, sorrows, anguish, agony, problem

み事 なやみごと matter causing distress, something causing worry