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逆

nì

disobey

Originally written as 屰, a pictograph of an upside-down person. The 辶 (walk) component was added later, representing a person walking in the wrong direction.

Components
屰 sound,meaning component

屰  Sound Meaning component

nì

  

disobedient

辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Evolution

逆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
逆 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
逆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
逆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

逆  

nì

disobey, rebel; rebel, traitor; contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel

Most common words with 逆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逆

contrary

逆转

to turn back

叛逆

to rebel

逆境

adversity

逆向

backwards

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋrak

ngjaek

nì

go against


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.9678% of movies

2310th most common character in movies

1975th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+9006

Shuowen

“逆，迎也。从辵，屰聲。關東曰逆，關西曰迎。”


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