Hanja Analyzer
惡

惡 — ak, o

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
악할 악, 미워할 오
Romanization
ak, o
English
evil, wicked, bad, foul
Mandarin
è
Japanese on'yomi
アク, オ, ウ
Japanese kun'yomi
わる.い あ.し にく.い ああ いずくに いずくんぞ にく.む
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
悪 (Grade 3)
Strokes
12
Radical
心 (61, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+60E1

Parts that make up 惡

  • 亞 버금 아 위에서 본 무덤 자리버금. ‘아’ 계열의 소리
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 惡 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 惡 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 亞, 心.

Korean example words with 惡

  • 악산惡山 Korean gloss: 험한 산
  • 만악萬惡 Korean gloss: 온갖 악행
  • 악귀惡鬼 Korean gloss: 몹쓸 귀신
  • 악습惡習 Korean gloss: 나쁜 습관
  • 악심惡心 Korean gloss: 나쁜 마음
  • 악인惡人 Korean gloss: 악한 사람
  • 악취惡臭 Korean gloss: 나쁜 냄새
  • 악폐惡弊 Korean gloss: 나쁜 폐단
  • 최악最惡 Korean gloss: 가장 나쁨
  • 악운惡運 Korean gloss: 사나운 운수
  • 악행惡行 Korean gloss: 악독한 행위
  • 호오好惡 Korean gloss: 좋음과 싫음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Other hanja read “악”

偓 剭 卾 咢 喔 嗌 噩 堊 岳 嶽 幄 悪 愕 握 渥 腭 萼 覨 諤 鄂 鍔 顎 鰐 鶚 齶 齷

Other hanja with radical 心

心 必 忉 忌 忍 忐 忒 忖 志 忘 忙 応 忝 忞 忟 忠 忡 忢 忤 忨 快 忭 忮 忱 念 忷 忸 忻 忼 忽 忿 怊 怍 怏 怒 怓 怔 怕 怖 怗 怙 怛 怜 思 怠 怡 急 怦 性 怨 怩 怪 怭 怯 怰 怱 怲 怳 怵 怾

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