402 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
484 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
121 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2146 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
291 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
612 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1742 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
263 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
263 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
439 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1000 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3120 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1599 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
829 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14301 | Morohashi |
2472 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2492 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
821 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
884 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
99 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
587 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
82 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 最 【サイ】 the most, the extreme, prime, conspicuous
- 最悪 【サイアク】 worst, horrible, horrid, awful, terrible, in the worst case, if worst comes to worst
Kun reading compounds
- 最も 【もっとも】 most, extremely
- 最も近い共通祖先 【もっともちかいきょうつうそせん】 most recent common ancestor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- も
- Korean:
- choe
Spanish
- prefijo para superlativo
- más
- sumamente
- extremadamente
Portuguese
- Capacidade máxima
- maior
- extremo
French
- le plus
- ultra-
- extrême
3867 | 2001 Kanji |
4c8.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-8 | SKIP code |
6014.7 | Four corner code |
1-26-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6700 | Unicode hex code |
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
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) |
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 grade 2
JLPT level N5
16 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 時 【ジ】 hour, o'clock, (specified) time, when ..., during ...
- 時価 【ジカ】 current value, price, market value
- 零時 【レイジ】 twelve o'clock, midnight, noon
- 平時 【ヘイジ】 peacetime, time of peace, ordinary times, normal times
Kun reading compounds
- 時 【とき】 time, hour, moment, occasion, case, chance, opportunity, season, the times, the age, the day, tense
- 時折 【ときおり】 sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time
- 切り替え時 【きりかえとき】 time to switch over, response time
- 逢魔が時 【おうまがとき】 twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- と、 とぎ
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- tiempo
- hora
- ocasión
Portuguese
- tempo
- hora
French
- temps
- heure
87 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
151 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
135 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
19 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2126 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
46 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
57 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1086 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
42 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
42 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
25 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
988 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
625 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
830 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
161 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13890 | Morohashi |
924 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2462 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
159 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
171 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
24 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
195 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3848 | 2001 Kanji |
4c6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
6404.1 | Four corner code |
1-27-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6642 | Unicode hex code |