漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
怒: angry, be offended
JLPT N39 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 奴 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ドdo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 怒声どせいangry voice
- 喜怒哀楽きどあいらくjoy, anger, pathos, and humor
- 怒鳴るどなるyell
- 激怒するげきどするget furious
いかるikaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 怒るいかるget angry
- 怒り狂ういかりくるうbe in a fit (of anger)
おこるokoru · kun'yomi
- 怒るおこるget angry, scold
Also read ヌ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side怒 angry · 心
vs努 toil · 力In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nù
Same form: 怒 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 怒 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 怒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin nù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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