惹

惹 U+60F9, 惹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60F9 ← 惸 [U+60F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 惺 → [U+60FA]

Translingual

Han character

惹 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿大口心 (TKRP), four-corner 4433₆, composition ⿱若心)

Derived characters

• 㘃, 𭞱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 393, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10866
• Dae Jaweon: page 729, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2309, character 1
• Unihan data for U+60F9

Chinese

trad.		惹
simp. #		惹
alternative forms		𢜪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 惹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (若) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
若	*nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ
婼	*nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ
惹	*njaʔ, *njaɡ
諾	*naːɡ
蠚	*hnaːɡ, *n̥ʰaɡ
逽	*naɡ
蹃	*naɡ, *rnaːɡ
箬	*njaɡ
楉	*njaɡ
鄀	*njaɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rě (re³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiâ

  (Hailu, HRS): ngia^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngia¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): re²
• Northern Min (KCR): niǎ
• Eastern Min (BUC): niā
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liá / jiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ria²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶za

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rě
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rě
    • Wade–Giles: jê³
    • Yale: rě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ree
    • Palladius: жэ (žɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: je⁵
    • Yale: yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngia^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngia¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯a²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngia^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋia⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngia¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋia⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: re²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐɤ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nia²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡia³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liá
    • Tâi-lô: liá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liar
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /lia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lia⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiá
    • Tâi-lô: jiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zia⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ria²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zia⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶za
    • MiniDict: za^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³za
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /za²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 惹
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐɤ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʐɤ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɤ¹³/ /ʐɤ¹³/
	Jinan	/ʐə⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐʐ̩ɛ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ʐɤ⁵³/
	Xining	/ʐɛ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐə⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʐə⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/nɤ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ze⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ze⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʐə⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʐe²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʐe²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zɤ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ʐʐ̩e̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ʐɤ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/za²³/
	Suzhou	/zɑ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zɑ¹³/ /ȵiɑ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/zei³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ie³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ia²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʐə⁴¹/ /ȵia⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/iɒ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɑ²¹³/ /lɑ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋia⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ŋiɑ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɛ²³/
	Nanning	/jɛ²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/jɛ¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lia⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nia³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/nia²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zia⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/za²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyaeX

Rime
Character	惹
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人者切
Baxter	nyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiaX/
Li Rong	/ȵiaX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭaX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惹
Reading #	1/2
No.	10931
Phonetic component	若
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njaʔ/

Definitions

惹

1. to cause (a problem); to court
2. to offend; to provoke; to irritate; to vex

   你幹嘛老是惹我？ [MSC, trad.]
   你干嘛老是惹我？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ gànmá lǎo shì rě wǒ? [Pinyin]

   Why do you always get on my nerves?

   唔好惹佢哋。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ hou² je⁵ keoi⁵ dei⁶. [Jyutping]

   Don't provoke them.

3. to attract; to cause (a reaction)
4. (Cantonese) to attract (an animal)

   惹烏蠅／惹乌蝇 [Cantonese]  ―  je⁵ wu¹ jing^4-1 [Jyutping]  ―  to attract flies

5. (Cantonese) to infect

Synonyms

• (to offend):

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• 冒犯 (màofàn)
• 唐突 (tángtū) (literary)
• 干犯 (gānfàn) (literary)
• 得失 (déshī) (dialectal)
• 得罪 (dézuì)
• 沖犯 / 冲犯 (chōngfàn)
• 碰撞 (pèngzhuàng)
• 衝撞 / 冲撞 (chōngzhuàng)
• 觸犯 / 触犯 (chùfàn)
• 開罪 / 开罪 (kāizuì) (literary)

• (to attract an animal): 招 (zhāo)

Compounds

• 不好惹
• 不惹氣 / 不惹气
• 不惹眼
• 傳惹 / 传惹
• 儸惹 / 㑩惹
• 利惹名牽 / 利惹名牵
• 勾惹
• 嘲惹
• 好惹 (hǎorě)
• 干惹
• 引惹
• 思惹情牽 / 思惹情牵
• 惹不起 (rěbùqǐ)
• 惹事 (rěshì)
• 惹事招非
• 惹事生非 (rěshìshēngfēi)
• 惹人憐愛 / 惹人怜爱 (rěrénlián'ài)
• 惹動 / 惹动
• 惹厭 / 惹厌
• 惹口舌
• 惹口面
• 惹子
• 惹惹
• 惹惱 / 惹恼 (rěnǎo)
• 意惹情牽 / 意惹情牵
• 惹是招非
• 惹是生非 (rěshìshēngfēi)
• 惹是非 (rěshìfēi)
• 惹毛 (rěmáo)
• 惹氣 / 惹气 (rěqì)
• 惹火 (rěhuǒ)
• 惹火燒身 / 惹火烧身 (rěhuǒshāoshēn)
• 惹災招禍 / 惹灾招祸
• 惹焰燒身 / 惹焰烧身
• 惹犯
• 惹發 / 惹发
• 惹目
• 惹眼
• 惹禍 / 惹祸 (rěhuò)
• 惹禍招愆 / 惹祸招愆
• 惹禍招殃 / 惹祸招殃
• 惹禍招災 / 惹祸招灾
• 惹絆 / 惹绊
• 惹罪招愆
• 惹翻
• 惹草拈花
• 惹草沾花
• 惹草沾風 / 惹草沾风
• 惹草粘花
• 惹草黏花
• 惹起
• 惹麻煩 / 惹麻烦 (rě máfan)
• 招事惹非
• 招惹 (zhāorě)
• 招是惹非
• 招災惹禍 / 招灾惹祸
• 招花惹草
• 拈花惹草 (niānhuārěcǎo)
• 招蜂惹蝶
• 招風惹草 / 招风惹草
• 招風惹雨 / 招风惹雨
• 撩惹
• 攬惹 / 揽惹
• 染惹
• 沾惹
• 沾花惹草
• 沾風惹草 / 沾风惹草
• 火惹惹
• 牽惹 / 牵惹
• 粘花惹絮
• 粘花惹草
• 絆惹 / 绊惹
• 縈惹 / 萦惹
• 縈腸惹肚 / 萦肠惹肚
• 纏惹 / 缠惹
• 罹惹
• 羅惹 / 罗惹 (luórě)
• 胡羅惹 / 胡罗惹
• 苒惹
• 討惹厭 / 讨惹厌
• 遷惹 / 迁惹
• 邏惹 / 逻惹
• 雨沾雲惹 / 雨沾云惹
• 霑惹 / 沾惹
• 黏惹

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruò (ruo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴
    • Yale: rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
    • Palladius: жо (žo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyak

Rime
Character	惹
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而灼切
Baxter	nyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惹
Reading #	2/2
No.	10942
Phonetic component	若
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njaɡ/

Definitions

惹

1. alternative form of 偌 (“such; so”)
2. used in 惹惹

Etymology 3

Corruption of 了 (le).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): re, rě (re⁵／re⁰, re³)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄖㄜ, ㄖㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: re
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄖㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: re̊
    • Wade–Giles: jê⁵
    • Yale: re
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .re
    • Palladius: жэ (žɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐə/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rě
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rě
    • Wade–Giles: jê³
    • Yale: rě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ree
    • Palladius: жэ (žɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴/

Definitions

惹

1. (Mandarin, Internet slang, usually women's speech, LGBTQ slang) alternative form of 了, conveying the speaker’s emotions such as cuteness, coquettishness, playfulness, cheerfulness, or mildness
   • 2017, 貓邏, chapter 7, in 蜂舞‎, volume 9, Taichung: 飛燕文創, →ISBN:

     「吵死惹！哪裡來的蠢貨？吵到本龍睡覺惹！」嫩聲嫩氣的罵聲傳出，打斷了司空龍的喊話。 [MSC, trad.]
     「吵死惹！哪里来的蠢货？吵到本龙睡觉惹！」嫩声嫩气的骂声传出，打断了司空龙的喊话。 [MSC, simp.]

     “Chǎo sǐ re! Nǎlǐ lái de chǔnhuò? Chǎo dào běn lóng shuìjiào re!” Nènshēngnènqì de màshēng chuánchū, dǎduànle Sīkōnglóng de hǎnhuà. [Pinyin]

     “It’s so noisy! Where did this idiot come from? It’s loud enough to disturb my sleep!” A soft and tender voice interrupted Sikong Long’s speech.

   • 2022 August 10, 奶粉七号, Bilibili‎, archived from the original on 24 December 2024:

     蓝朋友直播，评论区发大水惹，全是鸡叫声 [MSC, simp.]
     藍朋友直播，評論區發大水惹，全是雞叫聲 [MSC, trad.]

     lánpéngyou zhíbō, pínglùnqū fā dàshuǐ re, quán shì jījiàoshēng [Pinyin]

     During a firefighter’s live broadcast, the comment section was flooded with lust and full of horny screams

   • 2024, 周侠 [Xia Zhou], quoting 北京语言大学语料库中心 [BLCU Corpus Center], “互动语言学视角下网络新兴语气词“惹”的研究 [An Interactive Linguistic Perspective on the Emerging Tone of Voice on the Internet: A Study of “re”]”, in 现代语言学 [Modern Linguistics], volume 12, number 11, →DOI, page 177:

     你们俩都太可爱惹！！！ [MSC, simp.]
     你們倆都太可愛惹！！！ [MSC, trad.]

     Nǐmen liǎ dōu tài kě'ài re!!! [Pinyin]

     You two are so cute!!!

Usage notes

The particle often adds an element of charm or vulnerability to the speaker’s expression.

References

• “惹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 惹

惹

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にゃ (nya)、にゃく (nyaku)
• Kan-on: じゃ (ja)、じゃく (jaku)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 惹く)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [야]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

惹

惹 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

惹: Hán Nôm readings: nhạ

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References

• Nom Foundation