惹恼
rě​nǎo

offend

惹 rě irritate

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

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
若
若 Sound component
ruò if

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjaʔ
njaɡ
Unicodengiǎ

說文解字

亂也。从心若聲。

Sources

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

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

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