# 煩

| 煩 | U+7169, &#29033; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7169 |
| ← 煨 [U+7168] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 煪 → [U+716A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

煩 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火一月金 (FMBC), four-corner 9188$_6$, composition ⿰火頁)

#### Derived characters

* 𫬆(𫫏), 𢶃, 𪹺, 𨆌, 𭆖, 薠(𮐚), 𨆜

#### Related characters

* 烦 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 678, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19229
* Dae Jaweon: page 1089, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2216, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7169

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 煩 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 煩 | *ban |
| 薠 | *ban |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 火 (“fire”) + 頁 (“head”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fán (fan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fan$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fàn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fan$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): huàng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huêng$^5$ / huang$^5$ / huam$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ve
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fán
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fán
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^2$
*** Yale: fán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fan$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fan
*** Sinological IPA : /fan²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^4$
*** Yale: fàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huàng
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
*** Tâi-lô: huân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /huan²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huêng$^5$ / huang$^5$ / huam$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huêng / huâng / huâm
*** Sinological IPA : /hueŋ⁵⁵/, /huaŋ⁵⁵/, /huam⁵⁵/
* huêng5 - Chaozhou;
* huang5 - Shantou;
* huam5 - Jieyang, Pontianak.
* Middle Chinese: bjon
Rime :
| Character | 煩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 附袁切 |
| Baxter | bjon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buan/ |
| Li Rong | /biuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwɐn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]a[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ban/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 煩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjon › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]a[n]/ |
| English | troubled |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 煩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2943 |
| Phonetic component | 煩 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ban/ |

### Definitions

煩
* agitated; restless; vexed; unhappy
    煩躁／烦躁 ― fánzào ― agitated
    心裡很煩／心里很烦 ― xīnlǐ hěn fán ― The heart is restless.
    你在煩什麼啊？／你在烦什么啊？ ― Nǐ zài fán shénme a? ― What are you getting so annoyed about?
* to annoy; to bother
       Nǐ bùyào fán wǒ hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
       Don't annoy me, okay?
* fed up; sick of
       Zhèxiē huà wǒ dōu tīng fán le. [Pinyin]
       I'm fed up with these words.
* numerous and jumbled; miscellaneous
* (polite) to trouble someone to do something
    有事相煩／有事相烦 ― yǒushì xiàngfán ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (to annoy):
* 告擾 / 告扰 (gàorǎo) (formal, humble, polite)
* 吵擾 / 吵扰 (chǎorǎo)
* 困擾 / 困扰 (kùnrǎo)
* 干擾 (gānrǎo)
* 打亂 / 打乱 (dǎluàn)
* 打擾 / 打扰 (dǎrǎo)
* 打攪 / 打搅 (dǎjiǎo)
* 搗 / 捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 擾亂 / 扰乱 (rǎoluàn)
* 攪 / 搅 (jiǎo)
* 攪亂 / 搅乱 (jiǎoluàn)
* 攪動 / 搅动 (jiǎodòng)
* 攪吵 / 搅吵 (Hokkien)
* 攪擾 / 搅扰 (jiǎorǎo)
* 梟亂 / 枭乱 (xiāoluàn) (literary)
* 殽亂 / 淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
* 煩擾 / 烦扰 (fánrǎo)
* 糾紛 / 纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
* 糾纏 / 纠缠 (jiūchán)
* 纏 / 缠 (chán)
* 纏擾 / 缠扰 (chánrǎo)
* 纏磨 / 缠磨 (chánmo) (colloquial)
* 纏繞 / 缠绕 (chánrào)
* 驚 / 惊 (jīng)
* 驚動 / 惊动 (jīngdòng)
* (to trouble someone to do something):
* 交仗 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 付託 / 付托 (fùtuō)
* 勞慰 / 劳慰 (nao$^2$ wei$^4$) (Sichuanese, polite)
* 勞累 / 劳累 (láolèi) (polite)
* 囑託 / 嘱托 (zhǔtuō)
* 委託 / 委托 (wěituō)
* 寄 (jì)
* 寄託 / 寄托 (jìtuō)
* 打擾 / 打扰 (dǎrǎo) (polite)
* 拜託 / 拜托 (bàituō) (polite)
* 相煩 / 相烦 (xiāngfán) (polite)
* 託付 / 托付 (tuōfù)
* 託管 / 托管 (tuōguǎn)
* 辛苦 (xīnkǔ) (polite)
* 麻煩 / 麻烦 (máfan) (polite)
* 齪嘈 / 龊嘈 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

### Compounds

* 不勝其煩 / 不胜其烦 (bùshèngqífán)
* 不厭其煩 / 不厌其烦 (bùyàn qí fán)
* 不奈煩 / 不奈烦
* 不憚其煩 / 不惮其烦
* 不憚煩 / 不惮烦
* 不煩 / 不烦
* 不煩惱 / 不烦恼
* 不耐心煩 / 不耐心烦
* 不耐煩 / 不耐烦 (bùnàifán)
* 內煩 / 内烦
* 動煩 / 动烦
* 厭煩 / 厌烦 (yànfán)
* 嘖有煩言 / 啧有烦言
* 央煩 / 央烦
* 奈煩 / 奈烦 (nàifán)
* 奉煩 / 奉烦
* 心煩 / 心烦 (xīnfán)
* 心煩意亂 / 心烦意乱 (xīnfányìluàn)
* 心煩慮亂 / 心烦虑乱
* 心煩技癢 / 心烦技痒
* 惹麻煩 / 惹麻烦 (rě máfan)
* 憂煩 / 忧烦 (yōufán)
* 憚煩 / 惮烦 (dànfán)
* 找麻煩 / 找麻烦
* 搗麻煩 / 捣麻烦
* 撥煩理劇 / 拨烦理剧
* 撥煩理難 / 拨烦理难
* 案牘勞煩 / 案牍劳烦
* 沒耐煩 / 没耐烦
* 滌煩 / 涤烦
* 激煩 / 激烦
* 煩亂 / 烦乱 (fánluàn)
* 煩人 / 烦人 (fánrén)
* 煩冗 / 烦冗 (fánrǒng)
* 煩冤 / 烦冤
* 煩劇 / 烦剧
* 煩勞 / 烦劳 (fánláo)
* 煩厭 / 烦厌 (fányàn)
* 煩吵 / 烦吵
* 煩問 / 烦问
* 煩囂 / 烦嚣
* 煩囂喧鬧 / 烦嚣喧闹
* 煩天惱地 / 烦天恼地
* 煩富 / 烦富
* 煩心 / 烦心 (fánxīn)
* 煩忙 / 烦忙 (fánmáng)
* 煩悶 / 烦闷 (fánmèn)
* 煩愁 / 烦愁
* 煩惱 / 烦恼 (fánnǎo)
* 煩想 / 烦想
* 煩惱絲 / 烦恼丝 (fánnǎosī)
* 煩慮 / 烦虑
* 煩懣 / 烦懑 (fánmèn)
* 煩擾 / 烦扰 (fánrǎo)
* 煩數 / 烦数
* 煩文 / 烦文
* 煩法 / 烦法
* 煩熱 / 烦热
* 煩猥 / 烦猥
* 煩瑣 / 烦琐 (fánsuǒ)
* 煩細 / 烦细
* 煩絮 / 烦絮
* 煩膩 / 烦腻
* 煩苛 / 烦苛
* 煩複 / 烦复
* 煩言 / 烦言 (fányán)
* 煩言碎語 / 烦言碎语
* 煩言碎辭 / 烦言碎辞
* 煩請 / 烦请 (fánqǐng)
* 煩費 / 烦费
* 煩躁 / 烦躁 (fánzào)
* 煩雜 / 烦杂 (fánzá)
* 煩難 / 烦难 (fánnán)
* 甄煩就簡 / 甄烦就简
* 發煩 / 发烦
* 相煩 / 相烦 (xiāngfán)
* 省煩從簡 / 省烦从简
* 磨煩 / 磨烦
* 累煩 / 累烦
* 絮煩 / 絮烦
* 耐煩 / 耐烦 (nàifán)
* 膩煩 / 腻烦 (nìfán)
* 自尋煩惱 / 自寻烦恼
* 自找麻煩 / 自找麻烦
* 要言不煩 / 要言不烦
* 話休絮煩 / 话休絮烦
* 起煩 / 起烦
* 車殆馬煩 / 车殆马烦
* 道煩惱 / 道烦恼
* 頻煩 / 频烦 (pínfán)
* 食少事煩 / 食少事烦
* 麻煩 / 麻烦 (máfan)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to worry
* annoying, worrying

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼん (bon, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
* Kun: わずらう (wazurau, 煩う, Jōyō)、わずらわす (wazurawasu, 煩わす, Jōyō)、わずらわしい (wazurawashii, 煩わしい)、うるさい (urusai, 煩い)、うるさがる (urusagaru, 煩がる)

## Korean
### Hanja

煩 (eumhun 번거로울 번 (beon'georoul beon))
* hanja form of 번 (“bother, vex, trouble”)
* hanja form of 번 (“troublesome”)

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 煩 (MC bjon).

### Phonogram

煩 (po$_2$)
* Denotes phonographic syllable po$_2$.

### Further reading

* Miyake (2003) p. 254

## Vietnamese
### Han character

煩: Hán Nôm readings: phiền
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