惹
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rě · to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #3183
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12Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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心Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 惹

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rěWords pronounced rě
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Example sentences

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Tā de jí pí qì chí zǎo huì rě huò shàng shēn.他的急脾气迟早会惹祸上身。

His quick temper will get him in trouble one day.

Source: Tatoeba #1397031 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wú lùn tā qù nǎ lǐ, tā dōu shì rě rén xǐ ài de.無論她去哪裡,她都是惹人喜愛的。

Wherever she goes, she is well liked.

Source: Tatoeba #834822 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù xiǎng zài rě shì le.我不想再惹事了。

I don't want to cause any more trouble.

Source: Tatoeba #6028216 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu shèn mó bǐ kàn jiàn dòng wù bèi nüè dǎgēng néng rě qǐ wǒ de nù huǒ.沒有甚麼比看見動物被虐打更能惹起我的怒火。

Few things are more enraging to me than the sight of an animal being beaten.

Source: Tatoeba #1572675 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ dì nuò bǎ lì mǎ rě huǒ le.馬帝諾把莉瑪惹火了。

Martino made Rima mad.

Source: Tatoeba #13852520 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ míng míng méi zhāo rě rèn hé rén.我明明没招惹任何人。

I didn't ask to be abused.

Source: Tatoeba #13887455 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 惹 in context

  1. Say rě, then recall the core meaning: to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 惹祸 (rě huò), meaning “to stir up trouble”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 惹 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.