Chinese symbol for “anger”
怒
nù
anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anger is 怒 (nù), defined as: anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “anger”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怒气 (怒氣) | nù qì | anger |
| 火气 (火氣) | huǒ qì | anger; internal heat (TCM) |
| 忿 | fèn | anger; indignation |
| 忾 (愾) | kài | anger |
| 惹 | rě | to provoke; to irritate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愤怒 (憤怒) | fèn nù | angry; indignant |
| 激怒 | jī nù | to infuriate; to enrage |
| 怒火 | nù huǒ | rage; fury |
| 怒气 (怒氣) | nù qì | anger |
| 怒吼 | nù hǒu | to bellow; to rave |
| 发怒 (發怒) | fā nù | to get angry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anger”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.