rě
irritate
Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 若 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
rě
irritate, vex, offend, incite; to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
Most common words with 惹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to provoke | ||
to create difficulties | ||
to provoke | ||
to stir up the fire | ||
to offend |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 33.4134% of movies
1215th most common character in movies
2272nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+60F9 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“惹，亂也。从心，若聲。” |
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