撩
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 手 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 撩
- Common rank
- #3,000
- Unicode
- U+64A9
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 撩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 尞 sound
Components 扌 尞
Words with 撩
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撩是生非 | to stir up trouble; to provoke angry exchange | |
| 撩人 | to attract; to titillate | |
| 撩动 | to stir up; to provoke | |
| 撩开 | to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside | |
| 撩起 | to raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc) | |
| 撩乱 | variant of 繚亂|缭乱[liao2 luan4] | |
| 撩妹 | (coll.) to flirt; to hit on girls | |
| 撩拨 | to provoke; to tease | |
| 撩惹 | to provoke; to tease | |
| 撩骚 | to flirt | |
| 撩逗 | to provoke; to tease |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 尞 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尞 sound part | — | fuel used for sacrifices |
| 僚 | companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face | |
| 鹩 | wren | |
| 燎 | to burn, to light; street lamp; signal fire | |
| 寮 | shanty, hut, shack | |
| 缭 | confused; to bind; to wind around | |
| 潦 | to flood; puddle; dejected, careless | |
| 瞭 | bright; clear-sighted; to understand | |
| 镣 | fetters, leg-irons | |
| 嘹 | a clear sound, such as a bell or a soprano; resonant | |
| 膫 | omentum; the fat covering the intestines | |
| 蟟 | cicada |