怒怼
nù​duǐ

denounce

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)

怼 duì, duǐ hate Simplified

Components

对
对 Sound component
duì correct
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

懟 hate Traditional

Components

對
對 Sound component
duì correct
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrwijH[d]r[u][p]-sill-will
Zhengzhangdubs

說文解字

怨也。从心對聲。

Sources

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