152 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
241 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
222 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
504 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
62 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
804 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
175 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1483A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
304 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
304 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
114 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
785 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3413 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1758 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2393 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1828 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10717 | Morohashi |
2745 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1873 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1810 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1951 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
295 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
369 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
530 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 悪 【アク】 evil, wickedness, (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy
- 悪質 【アクシツ】 malicious, vicious, malignant, underhanded, shoddy, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate
- 害悪 【ガイアク】 harm, injury, evil (influence)
- 改悪 【カイアク】 changing (something) for the worse, disimprovement, deterioration
- 悪寒 【オカン】 chill, shakes, ague
- 悪血 【アクチ】 impure blood
- 自己嫌悪 【ジコケンオ】 self-hatred, self-abhorrence, self-loathing
- 好悪 【コウオ】 likes and dislikes
Kun reading compounds
- 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
- 悪い行い 【わるいおこない】 bad deed, evil deed
- 悪し 【あし】 bad, evil
- 悪しからず 【あしからず】 don't get me wrong, but ..., I'm sorry
- 難い 【にくい】 difficult to ..., hard to ...
- 憎い 【にくい】 hateful, detestable, abominable, vexing, provoking, amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful
- 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why
- 憎む 【にくむ】 to hate, to detest
Readings
- Korean:
- ag, o
Spanish
- malo
- incorrecto
- equivocado
- odio
- mal
Portuguese
- mal
- ruim
- falso
- mau
- errado
French
- mauvais
- vice
- vaurien
- faux
- mal
3258 | 2001 Kanji |
4k7.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-7-4 | SKIP code |
1033.1 | Four corner code |
1-16-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
60aa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 奴隷 【ドレイ】 slave, servant, slavery
- 奴智鮫 【ドチザメ】 banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)
- 売国奴 【バイコクド】 traitor (to one's country), quisling
- 農奴 【ノウド】 serf
Kun reading compounds
- 奴 【やつ】 fellow, guy, chap, thing, object, he, she, him, her
- 臣 【やつこ】 slave, retainer, servant, captive, varlet, I, me
- 懲りない奴 【こりないやつ】 person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson, persistent jerk
- 何奴 【どいつ】 who
- 奴 【やっこ】 servant (esp. a samurai's attendant), chivalrous man (Edo period), cubed tofu (often served cold), kite shaped like an Edo-period footman, Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants, enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime), he, she, him, her
- 奴頭 【やっこあたま】 Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
- 輪抜奴 【わぬけやっこ】 bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
- 三下奴 【さんしたやっこ】 petty underling, small fry
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぬ
- Korean:
- no
Spanish
- esclavo
- criado
- siervo
- individuo
- desprecio
- insulto
Portuguese
- serva
- escrava
- dama de companhia
French
- mec
- type
- esclave
- valet
- suffixe insultant
1638 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1891 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1186 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1869 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
256 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1933 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2118 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1871 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
431 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
217 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
136 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
164 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
709 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6039 | Morohashi |
187 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1174 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
702 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
758 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1045 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1767 | 2001 Kanji |
3e2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-2 | SKIP code |
4744.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5974 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 眠剤 【ミンザイ】 sleeping pills
- 冬眠 【トウミン】 hibernation, winter sleep, torpor
- 安眠 【アンミン】 sound sleep, good sleep, quiet sleep
Kun reading compounds
- 眠る 【ねむる】 to sleep, to die, to rest (in peace), to lie (buried), to sleep (in the grave), to lie idle (e.g. of resources), to lie unused, to lie untapped, to lie untouched, to close one's eyes
- 眠い 【ねむい】 sleepy, drowsy, somnolent
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- myeon
Spanish
- somnoliento
- tener sueño
- sonmoliento
- dormir
Portuguese
- sono
- morrer
- sonolento
French
- dormir
- somnolent
- mourir
1842 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3132 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1144 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
762 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1376 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
849 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
868 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
978 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1386 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1474 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1061 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1852 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23240 | Morohashi |
1147 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3925 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1835 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1977 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1371 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3956 | 2001 Kanji |
5c5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-5 | SKIP code |
6704.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7720 | Unicode hex code |