惹

惹

惹 U+60F9, 惹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60F9 ← 惸 [U+60F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 惺 → [U+60FA]

Translingual

Han character

惹 (radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿大口心 (TKRP), four-corner 4433₆, composition ⿱若心)

1. irritate, vex, offend, incite

References

• KangXi: page 393, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10866
• Dae Jaweon: page 729, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2309, character 1
• Unihan data for U+60F9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		惹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 惹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (若) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
若	*nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ
婼	*nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ
惹	*njaʔ, *njaɡ
諾	*naːɡ
蠚	*hnaːɡ, *n̥ʰaɡ
逽	*naɡ
蹃	*naɡ, *rnaːɡ
箬	*njaɡ
楉	*njaɡ
鄀	*njaɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rě (re³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiâ
• Min Bei (KCR): niǎ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): liá / jiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ria²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rě
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ
    • Wade–Giles: jê³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ree
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵
    • Yale: yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngia´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngia¹
    • IPA: /ɲi̯a²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niǎ
    • IPA ^(key): /nia²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liá
    • Tâi-lô: liá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lia⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiá
    • Tâi-lô: jiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ria²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiá
    • IPA ^(key): /d͡zia⁵²/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 惹
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐɤ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʐɤ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɤ¹³/ /ʐɤ¹³/
	Jinan	/ʐə⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐʐ̩ɛ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ʐɤ⁵³/
	Xining	/ʐɛ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐə⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʐə⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/nɤ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ze⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ze⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʐə⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʐe²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʐe²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zɤ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ʐʐ̩e̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ʐɤ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/za²³/
	Suzhou	/zɑ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zɑ¹³/ /ȵiɑ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/zei³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ie³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ia²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʐə⁴¹/ /ȵia⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/iɒ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɑ²¹³/ /lɑ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋia⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ŋiɑ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɛ²³/
	Nanning	/jɛ²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/jɛ¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/lia⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/nia³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/nia²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/zia⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/za²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵia^X/▼

Rime
Character	惹
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人者切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiaX/
Li Rong	/ȵiaX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rě

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惹
Reading #	1/2
No.	10931
Phonetic component	若
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njaʔ/

Definitions

惹

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Compounds

不好惹 不惹氣／不惹气 嘲惹 好惹 干惹 思惹情牽／思惹情牵 惹不起 (rěbùqǐ) 惹事 (rěshì) 惹事招非 惹事生非 (rěshì shēng fēi) 惹人憐愛／惹人怜爱 惹口面 惹子 惹惱／惹恼 (rěnǎo) 惹惹 惹是招非

惹是生非 (rěshìshēngfēi) 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì) 惹火 (rěhuǒ) 惹火燒身／惹火烧身 (rěhuǒshāoshēn) 惹災招禍／惹灾招祸 惹眼 惹禍／惹祸 (rěhuò) 惹禍招愆／惹祸招愆 惹禍招殃／惹祸招殃 惹禍招災／惹祸招灾 惹罪招愆 惹草拈花 惹草沾花 惹草沾風／惹草沾风 惹草粘花

惹草黏花 惹麻煩／惹麻烦 意惹情牽／意惹情牵 拈花惹草 (niānhuārěcǎo) 招惹 (zhāorě) 招是惹非 招花惹草 招風惹草／招风惹草 招風惹雨／招风惹雨 沾惹 沾風惹草／沾风惹草 粘花惹絮 粘花惹草 絆惹／绊惹 纏惹／缠惹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruò (ruo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: juo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵɨɐk̚/▼

Rime
Character	惹
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惹
Reading #	2/2
No.	10942
Phonetic component	若
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njaɡ/

Definitions

惹

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Japanese

Kanji

惹

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じゃ (ja); じゃく (jaku)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 惹く)

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Korean

Hanja

惹 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

惹 (nhạ)

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References

• Nom Foundation