# 煩 — Annoy

Frequency rank 2066 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 陵 (Mausoleum), less common than 嘲 (Ridicule).

- On’yomi: はん
- Kun’yomi: うるさ
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level XVI of XX

Fire on the left blazes beside a head and tombstone on the right — fire near a head by a tombstone is deeply annoying, the heat and death imagery creating constant irritation.

In words:

- 煩い うるさい — noisy,annoying
- 煩わしい わずらわしい — troublesome;annoying;complicated

[Study 煩](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E7%85%A9)

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