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CHINESE CHARACTER

fán

烦

烦

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edgy

Numbered pinyin
fan2
English meanings
to feel vexed, to bother, to trouble, superfluous and confusing, edgy

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 火; right 页.

Meaning & sound clues

火 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “fire”.

页 is identified as the sound component (yè). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 烦.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰火页

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这jiàn件shì事hěn很fán烦。

    This is annoying.

  2. 02

    bié别fán烦wǒ我。

    Don't bother me.

  3. 03

    zhēn真fán烦rén人。

    How annoying.

  4. 04

    fán烦xīnshi心事。

    Worries.

  5. 05

    xīnli心里hěn很fán烦。

    Feeling upset.

  6. 06

    bié别fánnǎo烦恼。

    Don't fret.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 不耐烦
  • 厌烦
  • 烦恼
  • 烦躁
  • 烦闷
  • 麻烦