Chinese symbol for “vex”
惹
rě
to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vex is 惹 (rě), defined as: to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vex”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惹恼 (惹惱) | rě nǎo | to make sb angry |
| 惹怒 | rě nù | to provoke anger |
| 招惹 | zhāo rě | to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb) |
| 惹麻烦 (惹麻煩) | rě má fan | to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble |
| 惹事 | rě shì | to cause trouble |
| 惹火 | rě huǒ | to stir up the fire; fig. to provoke and offend people |
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.