| 831 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 929 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 735 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 643 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 606 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 717 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 415 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1799 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1191 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 676 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 295 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2921 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1501 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1044 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3904 | Morohashi |
| 2325 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 859 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1035 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 949 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 善 【ゼン】 good, goodness, right, virtue
- 善意 【ゼンイ】 virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
- 親善 【シンゼン】 friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
- 独善 【ドクゼン】 self-righteousness, self-justified
Kun reading compounds
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- 善い行い 【よいおこない】 good deed
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
- 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
- 善くも 【よくも】 how dare ..., how could ..., surprisingly, unexpectedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 よし
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- bondad
- virtud
Portuguese
- bom
- virtuoso
- bondade
French
- bien
- bonté
- vertu
| 977 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-3 | SKIP code |
| 8060.5 | Four corner code |
| 8060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5584 | 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 |