Onyomi: ド, ヌ · Kunyomi: いか.る, おこ.る · Meanings: angry, be offended
Kanji for angry, be offended
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The kanji 怒 is made of two parts: 奴 (slave, servant) and 心 (heart). The bottom part, 心, shows feelings or emotions. The top part, 奴, shows a person who is being treated unfairly or controlled. Together, they show a heart filled with anger or frustration — the feeling that comes when someone is wronged or treated badly. It perfectly shows the idea of strong, heated emotion.
Made from 奴(person treated badly) and 心(heart). It shows a heart filled with anger or strong emotion.
This kanji says: when the heart (心) is treated like a slave (奴), anger rises — 怒 means to get angry or feel rage.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 怒る | おこる | to get angry, to get mad, to lose one's temper | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 怒り | いかり | anger, rage, fury, wrath, indignation | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 怒鳴る | どなる | to shout (in anger), to yell | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 怒らせる | おこらせる | to make (someone) angry, to anger, to offend, to rile up, to provoke (to anger) | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 怒気 | どき | anger, wrath | Noun |
| 怒りっぽい | おこりっぽい | hot-tempered, quick to take offense, quick to take offence, irascible, touchy | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 怒鳴りつける | どなりつける | to shout at | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 怒り狂う | いかりくるう | to rage, to fly into a rage, to become furious | Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 怒らす | おこらす | to make (someone) angry, to anger, to offend, to rile up, to provoke (to anger) | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 怒鳴り出す | どなりだす | to start shouting, to break out | Godan verb with 'su' ending |
| ド阿呆 | ドあほ | total idiot | Noun |
| 怒鳴り込む | どなりこむ | to storm in with a yell | common Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 怒涛 | どとう | surging waves, raging billows | common Noun |
| 怒声 | どせい | angry voice | Noun |
| 怒号 | どごう | angry roar, bellow | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |