entries → 煩
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
煩 =
ㄈㄢˊ · fán
adj — annoyed, vexed; verb — to trouble

字源 FORM — what the parts do

fire, heat
a head (the 頁 radical — a person's head emphasised)
Heat (火) in the head (頁) — a fevered, pounding skull, the original sense being a hot headache. From the throbbing head came being vexed and annoyed (煩惱、心煩), and then trouble itself (麻煩). 頁 is the head radical you meet again in 頭、顏、題.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一把)燒上腦袋(),脹得發痛——煩。
A fire (火) climbs into the head (頁), throbbing hot — vexation.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)煩躁— vexed, hot-headed常用
煩惱、心煩— annoyed, troubled (in the heart)常用
麻煩— trouble, bother常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension