Keyword
contrary
- to disobey
- to rebel
- traitor
- rebel
- Frequency
- #1862
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
A disobedient 屰 person 辶; 屰 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
逆
contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
逆转
to turn back; to reverse
叛逆
to rebel; to revolt; a rebel
逆向
backwards; reverse direction
逆袭
to counterattack; to strike back; (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback
可逆
reversible; (math.) invertible
逆境
adversity; predicament
逆行
to go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation
逆流
against the stream; adverse current; a countercurrent; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
逆差
adverse trade balance; trade deficit
不可逆转
irreversible
倒行逆施
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things
逆天
(literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (coll.) extraordinary; incredible
逆势
to go against the trend
逆反
rebellious behavior; opposite; ob-
逆来顺受
to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
贸易逆差
trade deficit; adverse trade balance
逆风
to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind
逆时针
anticlockwise; counterclockwise
逆变器
(electronics) inverter
忤逆
disobedient to parents
逆变
reversing (e.g. electric current)
大逆不道
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
逆光
backlighting; light coming from behind the subject (esp. in photography)