悪 – bad, vice, rascal

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The kanji 悪 means bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アク、オ (aku, o); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、-にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む (warui, waru, ashi, nikui, nikui, aa, izukuni, izukunzo, nikumu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アク	aku
On’yomi	オ	o
Kun’yomi	わる.い	warui
Kun’yomi	わる-	waru
Kun’yomi	あ.し	ashi
Kun’yomi	にく.い	nikui
Kun’yomi	-にく.い	nikui
Kun’yomi	ああ	aa
Kun’yomi	いずくに	izukuni
Kun’yomi	いずくんぞ	izukunzo
Kun’yomi	にく.む	nikumu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: ｜・一・口・心.

Words using 悪

悪いわるいbad悪あくevil悪魔あくまdevil悪口わるくち(verbal) abuse意地悪いじわるmalicious悪化あっかdeterioration悪者わるものbad guy善し悪しよしあしright or wrong悪しからずあしからずdon't get me wrong, but ...改悪かいあくchanging (something) for the worse

Example sentences

「顔色がわるいけど具合が悪いのかい」「そういうわけでもないよ」

"You look pale. Are you sick?" "Not exactly."

Tatoeba #236368

私のステレオはあなたのより音質が悪い。

My stereo set is inferior to yours in sound quality.

Tatoeba #164171

すいません。あなたに悪いことをしました。

I'm sorry. I did you wrong.

Tatoeba #215129

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念憲愛惑患

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