漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
悪: bad, vice
Also: rascal, false, evil, wrong
JLPT N411 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 亜 gives the sound
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Five readings, and the words that use each
アクaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 悪魔あくまdevil
- 悪事あくじevil deed
- 最悪さいあくthe worst
- 悪条件あくじょうけんunfavorable conditions
- 悪化するあっかするget worse [v.i.]
オo · on'yomi
- 悪寒おかんchill
わるいwarui · kun'yomi · on its own
- 悪いわるいbad
わる-waru- · kun'yomi
- 悪口わるくちslander, abuse [n.]
あしashi · kun'yomi
- 悪しからずあしからずdon't get me wrong, but ...
- 善し悪しよしあしgood or bad
Also read にくい, -にくい, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にくむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)亞 (sound) + 心 heart (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 惡 (rev. 92676200), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read アク
2 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 恶 · traditional 惡 · è
Three different forms: Japanese 悪, simplified 恶, traditional 惡.
- Simplified
- 恶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 惡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin è most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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