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)

1. disobey, rebel
2. rebel, traitor
3. opposite

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

逆 (Yale ngaak6, jik6)

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Japanese

Kanji

逆 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

• 反逆者 (はんぎゃくしゃ, hangyakusha, “rebel, traitor”)
• 逆位
• 逆意
• 逆境
• 逆計
• 逆行
• 逆詐
• 逆算
• 逆襲
• 逆説 (ぎゃくせつ, gyakusetsu): a paradox
• 逆接
• 逆賊
• 逆転
• 逆風
• 逆反・逆叛
• 逆命
• 逆用
• 逆理
• 逆流
• 逆鱗

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Noun

逆 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nì)

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

Verb

逆 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nì)

1. (literary) disobey; rebel

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Middle Chinese

Han character

逆 (ngiæk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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