悪 — kanji meaning “bad”
悪
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
- Meanings
- bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
- On'yomi
- アク (aku)、オ (o)
- Kun'yomi
- 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
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #530 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- è, ě, wù
Words with 悪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最悪 | さいあく saiaku | worst |
| 悪口 | わるぐち waruguchi | (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing |
| 悪化 | あっか akka | deterioration; getting worse; worsening |
| 悪魔 | あくま akuma | devil; demon; fiend |
| 悪い | わるい warui | bad; poor; undesirable |
| 悪質 | あくしつ akushitsu | malicious; vicious; malignant |
| 悪夢 | あくむ akumu | nightmare; bad dream |
| 憎悪 | ぞうお zouo | hatred; abhorrence; loathing |
| 嫌悪 | けんお ken'o | disgust; hate; repugnance |
| 悪意 | あくい akui | ill will; spite; evil intention |
| 悪人 | あくにん akunin | bad person; villain; scoundrel |
| 悪循環 | あくじゅんかん akujunkan | vicious circle; vicious cycle |
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