逆

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辶 (“movement”) + phonetic 屰 – going in the opposite direction, contrary, disobedient.

Han character

逆 (radical 162 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿山 (YTU), four-corner 3830₄, composition ⿺辶屰)

1. rebellion
2. betrayal
3. traitor
4. opposite, reverse

References

• KangXi: page 1256, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38849
• Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3833, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9006

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		逆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaak⁶, zik⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngia̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): ge̍k / ke̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: nih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaak⁶, zik⁶
    • Yale: ngaahk, jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaak⁹, dzik⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːk̚²/, /t͡sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngia̍k
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɲi̯ak̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k / ke̍h
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍k / ke̍h
    • IPA (Taipei): /gɪk̚⁴/, /keʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gɪk̚¹²¹/, /keʔ¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (逆, reconstructed)
Character (逆), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 陌 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 宜戟切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣiæk̚/	/ŋiɐk̚/	/ŋiɐk̚/	/ŋɯiak̚/	/ŋiajk̚/	/ŋĭɐk̚/	/ŋiak̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (逆, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
逆								nì								‹ ngjæk ›								/*ŋrak/								go against
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
逆					9474					屰					鐸					0					逆					/*ŋraɡ/

Noun

逆

1. (literary) opposite
2. (literary) rebel; traitor

Verb

逆

1. (literary) disobey; rebel

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Japanese

Kanji

逆

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kan’on: げき (geki)
• Kun: さからう (sakarau), むかえる (mukaeru), あらかじめ (arakajime)

Meanings

1. reverse
2. opposition, rebellion

Antonyms

• (reverse): 順, 正
• (opposition, rebellion): 順

Compounds

• 逆位
• 逆意
• 逆境 (ぎゃっきょう, gyakkyō)
• 逆計
• 逆行 (ぎゃっこう, gyakkō)
• 逆詐
• 逆算 (ぎゃくさん, gyakusan)
• 逆進
• 逆襲 (ぎゃくしゅう, gyakushū)
• 逆説 (ぎゃくせつ, gyakusetsu)
• 逆接
• 逆賊
• 逆転 (ぎゃくてん, gyakuten)
• 逆風 (ぎゃくふう, gyakufū)
• 逆命
• 逆用
• 逆理
• 逆流 (ぎゃくりゅう, gyakuryū)
• 逆鱗 (げきりん, gekirin)
• 順逆
• 反逆
• 吃逆 (しゃっくり, shakkuri)

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Korean

Hanja

逆 (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune-Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

逆 (nghịch, nghếch, nghệch, nghạch, ngược)

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