Hanja Analyzer
悪

悪 — ak, o

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나쁠 악, 미워할 오
Romanization
ak, o
English
evil, wicked, bad, foul
Mandarin
è
Japanese on'yomi
アク, オ, コ
Japanese 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
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#530 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Variant forms
惡
Radical
心 (61, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+60AA

Parts that make up 悪

  • 亜 버금 아 버금 아(亞)의 일본 신자체버금. ‘아’ 계열의 소리
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

Japanese words with 悪

  • 悪化あっか deterioration; getting worse; worsening
  • 悪あく evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.)
  • 最悪さいあく worst; horrible; horrid
  • 悪質あくしつ malicious; vicious; malignant
  • 悪魔あくま devil; demon; fiend
  • 悪さわるさ badness; mean mischief
  • 悪口わるぐち (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing
  • 悪夢あくむ nightmare; bad dream
  • 悪循環あくじゅんかん vicious circle; vicious cycle
  • 凶悪きょうあく atrocious; heinous; fiendish
  • 憎悪ぞうお hatred; abhorrence; loathing
  • 悪天候あくてんこう bad weather

Other hanja read “악”

Other hanja with radical 心

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