# 悩 — Worry

Frequency rank 1104 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 縄 (Rope), less common than 陰 (Shade).

- On’yomi: のう
- Kun’yomi: なや
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level IX of XX

A heart on the left is tangled in vines and hair on the right -- your heart wrapped in messy vines and tangled hair is consumed by worry.

In words:

- 悩む なやむ — to be worried,to be troubled
- 悩み なやみ — trouble(s);worry;distress;anguish;agony;problem
- 悩ます なやます — to afflict;to torment;to harass;to molest

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