悪 — bad, vice, rascal

わるい悪 bad

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes quality

U+60AA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #530 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1951 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

bad
vice
rascal
false
evil
wrong

word

わる waru Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

悪(わる) い warui bad 悪(わる) 口(くち) warukuchi slander 意(い) 地(じ) 悪(わる) ijiwaru malicious

あく aku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

悪(あく) aku evil 悪(あく) 意(い) akui malice 悪(あく) 用(よう) akuyou abuse 悪(あく) 役(やく) akuyaku villain 悪(あく) 人(にん) akunin villain 最(さい) 悪(あく) saiaku worst 改(かい) 悪(あく) kaiaku change for the worse 悪(あく) 質(しつ) akushitsu malicious

お o On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

嫌(けん) 悪(お) keno disgust 憎(ぞう) 悪(お) zouo hatred

あっ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

悪(あっ) 化(か) akka deterioration

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

あ亜 asia

こころ心 heart #61

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart