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悪

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Adjectives

悪 Bad, Vice, Rascal, False, Evil, Wrong

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

あく、お

Mostly used when 悪 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

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

Mostly used when 悪 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 3
Frequency
#530

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).