恼怒
nǎo​nù

angry

恼 nǎo get angry Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惱.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

囟
囟 Simplified component
xìn fontanel

Shorthand for the phonetic 𡿺 component in the traditional character 惱.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

怒 nù anger

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 奴 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
奴
奴 Sound component
nú slave

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnuXC.nˤaʔangry
nuHC.nˤaʔ-sanger, angry; vigorous
Zhengzhangnaːʔ
naːs
Unicodenǒ
nò

說文解字

恚也。从心奴聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

惱 nǎo get angry Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
𡿺
𡿺 Sound component
nǎo brain

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuːʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang