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惹
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provoke

HSK 7
Human →Emotions
rě
ジャク、ジャ
ひ.く
야
Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 若 represents the sound.
Components
心 heart+ 若 as if =
惹 provoke
心 Meaning component
xīn heart
若 Phonetic component
ruò as if
if, supposing, assuming
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Notes
Similar Characters
寧 calm (trad/jp)应 ought (simp)忌 shun忍 endure忐 timorous忑 nervous忒 excessive志 aspiration忘 forget忞 messy忠 loyal念 miss忽 suddenly忿 get态 bearing (simp)怂 arouse (simp)怎 how?怒 anger思 think怠 negligent
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
惹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
惹 [rě]
to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (54)
惹麻烦 [rě​má​fan] #3,911
to create difficulties
惹麻烦 [rě​má​fan] #3,911
to create difficulties
招惹 [zhāo​rě] #10,961
to provoke
惹火 [rě​huǒ] #7,079
to stir up the fire
惹人 [rě​rén] #16,261
to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc)
惹事 [rě​shì] #11,848
to cause trouble
惹恼 [rě​nǎo] #10,310
to offend
惹恼 [rě​nǎo] #10,310
to offend
惹不起 [rě​bu​qǐ] #40,108
can't afford to offend
惹祸 [rě​huò] #18,719
to stir up trouble
44 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
惹く [ひく] #4,682
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.)
⭐ 引き起こす [ひきおこす] #4,944
to cause
惹きつける [ひきつける] #14,896
to charm
注意を引く [ちゅういをひく] #18,218
to attract attention
心惹かれる [こころひかれる] #29,234
to feel attracted by
⭐ 惹かれる [ひかれる] #60,473
to be charmed by
惹起 [じゃっき] #62,258
bringing about
惹句 [じゃっく] #111,032
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
KOREAN WORDS (1)
야기
causing; bringing about; leading to