Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #2081

anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

fire hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

complex; intricate
worldly desires; evil passions
anguish; agony
doting (on one's children); (overly) fond
worrying over various things
the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions
demon of ill desires that injures one's body and mind
scholastic philosophy
yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
possessing worldly desires and passions

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

worry; trouble
troublesome; annoying
noisy; loud
to worry (about); to be concerned (about)
one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away
nervous breakdown; neurosis
to cause a person trouble
to trouble; to bother
to cause a person trouble
to spare the trouble (of doing)

Example sentences

Our firm is a giant one, and there are some rules and regulations, which should be revised or rescinded to reduce red tape and increase efficiency.

People have worldly passions which lead them into delusions and sufferings.

There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of worldly passions.

If you had a word processor, you'd be free from all this trouble.