悪

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

アクオ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-にく.いあ.しああいずくにいずくんぞにく.いにく.むわる-わる.い

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:11

JLPT:N4

Frequency:530

Vocabulary

アク

Word	Reading	Meaning
悪意	アクイ	ill will; spite; evil intention; malice; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; malice
悪事	アクジ	evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice; misfortune; calamity
悪質	アクシツ	malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality; second-rate
悪臭	アクシュウ	bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
悪循環	アクジュンカン	vicious circle; vicious cycle

オ

Word	Reading	Meaning
悪寒	オカン	chill; shakes; ague
嫌悪	ケンオ	disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
憎悪	ゾウオ	hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
自己嫌悪	ジコケンオ	self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
嫌悪感	ケンオカン	(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing; abhorrence

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
悪	あく	evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
悪い	わるい	bad; poor; undesirable; poor (quality); inferior; insufficient; evil; sinful; ugly; not beautiful; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; bad (at doing something); unprofitable; unbeneficial; sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable
悪さ	わるさ	badness; mean mischief
悪しからず	あしからず	don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
悪化	あっか	deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

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