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rěnù

infuriate

rě irritate

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

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

若 Sound component

ruò if

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		njaʔ
		njaɡ
Unicode	ngiǎ

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)

nù anger

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

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nuX	C.nˤaʔ	angry
	nuH	C.nˤaʔ-s	anger, angry; vigorous
Zhengzhang		naːʔ
		naːs
Unicode	nǒ
	nò

說文解字

恚也。从心奴聲。

Sources

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