怒

怒 U+6012, 怒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6012 ← 怑 [U+6011] CJK Unified Ideographs 怓 → [U+6013]

Translingual

Han character

怒 (radical 61 心+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女水心 (VEP), four-corner 4733₄, composition ⿱奴心)

References

• KangXi: page 380, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10439
• Dae Jaweon: page 708, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2282, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6012

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		怒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (女) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	*rnaː, *na
笯	*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐	*rnaː, *na
絮	*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴	*naː
砮	*naː, *naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	*naːʔ, *naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	*naʔ, *nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	*nja, *njas
茹	*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳	*nja, *njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *naːʔ, *naːs): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 奴 (OC *naː, “slave”) – angry.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nù (nu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁶
• Min Bei (KCR): nū
• Min Dong (BUC): nô
• Min Nan (POJ): nō͘ / lō͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): nu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: nu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuh
    • IPA ^(key): /nu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁶
    • Yale: nouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /nou̯²²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nū
    • IPA ^(key): /nu⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nô
    • IPA ^(key): /nˡou²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘
    • Tâi-lô: nōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: no
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /nv̩ʷ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /nuo^X/, /nuo^H/▼

Rime
Character	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	奴古切	乃故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuoX/	/nuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/nuoX/	/nuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/noX/	/noH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɔX/	/nɔH/
Li Rong	/noX/	/noH/
Wang Li	/nuX/	/nuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/nuoX/	/nuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǔ	nù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.nˤaʔ/, /*C.nˤaʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːʔ/, /*naːs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nù	nù
Middle Chinese	‹ nuX ›	‹ nuH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.nˤaʔ/	/*C.nˤaʔ-s/
English	angry	anger, angry; vigorous
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	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9608	9610
Phonetic component	女	女
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	怒	笯
Old Chinese	/*naːʔ/	/*naːs/

Definitions

怒

1. anger, rage, passion
2. angry

Compounds

Derived terms from 怒

• 不怒自威
• 人怨神怒
• 勃然大怒 (bórán dànù)
• 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
• 含怒
• 吼怒
• 咆哮大怒
• 喜怒哀樂／喜怒哀乐 (xǐnù'āilè)
• 喜怒無常／喜怒无常
• 嗔怒
• 天怒
• 天怒人怨
• 嬉笑怒罵／嬉笑怒骂
• 室怒市色
• 布衣之怒
• 心花怒放
• 心花怒發／心花怒发
• 心花怒開／心花怒开
• 忿怒
• 怒不可抑
• 怒不可遏 (nùbùkě'è)
• 怒叱 (nùchì)
• 怒吼 (nùhǒu)
• 怒喝
• 怒子
• 怒容
• 怒張／怒张
• 怒形於色／怒形于色
• 怒惡／怒恶
• 怒放 (nùfàng)
• 怒斥 (nùchì)
• 怒族 (nùzú)
• 怒氣／怒气 (nùqì)
• 怒氣填胸／怒气填胸 (nùqì tián xiōng)
• 怒氣攻心／怒气攻心
• 怒氣沖天／怒气冲天
• 怒氣沖沖／怒气冲冲

• 怒氣沖發／怒气冲发
• 怒氣衝衝／怒气冲冲
• 怒江 (Nùjiāng)
• 怒沖沖／怒冲冲
• 怒潮 (nùcháo)
• 怒濤／怒涛 (nùtāo)
• 怒濤排壑／怒涛排壑
• 怒火 (nùhuǒ)
• 怒火中燒／怒火中烧
• 怒烘烘
• 怒猊抉石
• 怒猊渴驥／怒猊渴骥
• 怒目 (nùmù)
• 怒目切齒／怒目切齿
• 怒目咬牙 (nùmù yǎoyá)
• 怒目攢眉／怒目攒眉
• 怒目橫眉／怒目横眉
• 怒目相向
• 怒目而視／怒目而视
• 怒突
• 怒罵／怒骂 (nùmà)
• 怒臂當車／怒臂当车
• 怒色 (nùsè)
• 怒號／怒号 (nùháo)
• 怒蛙
• 怒視／怒视 (nùshì)
• 怒馬／怒马
• 怒髮衝冠／怒发冲冠
• 恚怒
• 恨怒
• 息怒 (xīnù)
• 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
• 惱羞成怒／恼羞成怒
• 惱羞變怒／恼羞变怒
• 慍怒／愠怒
• 憤怒／愤怒 (fènnù)
• 憤怒痙攣／愤怒痉挛

• 戟指怒目
• 拍案怒罵／拍案怒骂
• 拗怒
• 春筍怒發／春笋怒发
• 暴怒 (bàonù)
• 橫眉怒目／横眉怒目
• 沖天之怒／冲天之怒
• 滿腔怒火／满腔怒火
• 激怒 (jīnù)
• 發威動怒／发威动怒
• 發怒／发怒 (fānù)
• 盛怒 (shèngnù)
• 眾怒／众怒 (zhòngnù)
• 眾怒難任／众怒难任
• 眾怒難犯／众怒难犯
• 睜眉怒目／睁眉怒目
• 神怒人怨
• 神怒人棄／神怒人弃
• 神怒天誅／神怒天诛
• 神怒民怨
• 神怒民痛
• 神怒鬼怨
• 突怒
• 羞怒
• 老羞成怒
• 老羞變怒／老羞变怒
• 臺意怒／台意怒
• 藏怒
• 衝冠髮怒／冲冠发怒
• 觸怒／触怒 (chùnù)
• 赫斯之怒
• 遷怒／迁怒 (qiānnù)
• 金剛怒目／金刚怒目
• 雷嗔電怒／雷嗔电怒
• 雷霆之怒
• 震怒 (zhènnù)
• 鮮車怒馬／鲜车怒马

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Japanese

Kanji

怒

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. anger, fury

Readings

• Goon: ぬ (nu)
• Kan’on: ど (do, Jōyō)
• Kun: いかる (ikaru, 怒る, Jōyō); おこる (okoru, 怒る, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 怒 (ど)号 (ごう) (dogō)
• 怒 (ど)張 (ちょう) (dochō)
• 怒 (ど)涛 (とう) (dotō)
• 怒 (ど)気 (き) (doki)
• 怒髪 (どはつ) (dohatsu)
• 暴 (ぼう)怒 (ど) (bōdo): rage

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Korean

Hanja

怒 • (no) (hangeul 노, revised no, McCune-Reischauer no, Yale no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

怒 (nộ)

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