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悪

Bad
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingアク、オ
Kun readingわる.い、わる-、あ.し

Verbs with «悪»

悪化する

Meanings

  1. badRtK
  2. vice
  3. rascal
  4. false
  5. evil
    彼は人種差別を悪だと決めつけた。He condemned racial discrimination as evil.tatoeba
    彼はすべての悪から魔力で守られた。He was charmed against all evil.tatoeba
  6. wrong
    彼は善と悪の区別がわからない。He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.tatoeba
  1. (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.)
  2. the bad guy

Homonyms

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Same reading (あく)
開く · to open (e.g. doors)

Popular Usage

悪い悪魔意地悪悪日悪化悪口悪戯改悪決まり悪い

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Asia · roman two · mouth (口) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1951

Compound words

同盟国はその激しい戦いで悪の帝国を打ち破った。あく
The allies defeated the evil empire in the fierce battle.tatoeba
彼は彼女の容態がどんなに悪いか認識するようきっぱりと言った。わるい
He told her firmly to realize how serious her condition was.tatoeba
彼は転地したためにかえっていっそう悪くなった。わるい
He is so much the worse for a change of air.tatoeba
彼は遅れる事を言うのを忘れた。さらに悪い事には、車の流れが悪かった。わるい
He forgot to say he would be late, and to make matters worse, the traffic was bad.tatoeba
彼は他人の悪口を決して言いそうにない人物だ。わるぐち
He is the last person to speak ill of others.tatoeba
彼は父を憎悪している。
He has a hatred for his father.tatoeba
彼は不正直だという悪評がある。
He has a bad reputation of being dishonest.tatoeba
彼は病気に違いない、顔色が悪いから。
He must be sick; he looks pale.tatoeba
彼は病気なので顔色が悪い。
He's pale because he's sick.tatoeba
伝説によると、釈迦は修行中に悪魔の妨害を受けた。
Shakyamuni is said, according to legend, to have sustained interference with his ascetic practices by a devil.wiki
この悪魔の襲撃については多くの図が描かれ、民間に流布した。
The attack of the Devil has been depicted in many drawings, distributed among the public.wiki
蓮如の病状悪化。
Rennyo got worse.wiki
- 夕方から容態が悪化。
Fukasaku's condition worsens in the evening.wiki
第十二条 - 悪口咎事
Article 12: Charge of abusewiki
しかし、喜兵衛が無体の悪口雑言に及んだので、鎌を取り上げた。
However, Kihei abused him saying many bad things, and Riuemon took his sickle away.wiki
夜中に動き出し、騒いだり人をからかったりと悪戯を働く。
At night it moves around and gets up to mischief, making noise and teasing people.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

休日にまとめて洗濯するのに天気悪い
きゅうじつにまとめてせんたくするのにてんきわるいI do laundry in batches on days off, but the weather is bad.
悪口を言うやつもいた。
わるぐちをいうやつもいた。There were also people who said nasty things.
悪い意味で先が読めないストーリー
わるいいみでさきがよめないすとーりーA story that's unpredictable in a bad way.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Bad, evil. 亜 (second-rate) + 心 (heart) — an unkind heart.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 悪

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