| 503 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 859 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 308 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1191 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 882 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 152 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 413 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 104 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 104 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 244 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 432 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 240 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 100 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6053 | Morohashi |
| 208 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1180 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 103 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 262 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 465 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
423 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 好 【コウ】 good
- 好意 【コウイ】 kindness, favor, favour, friendliness, goodwill, affection, liking (for someone), love
- 友好 【ユウコウ】 friendship
- 同好 【ドウコウ】 similar tastes
Kun reading compounds
- 好む 【このむ】 to like, to prefer
- 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず 【このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず】 whether one likes it or not
- 好く 【すく】 to like, to love, to be fond of
- 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 ...
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
- いい加減 【いいかげん】 irresponsible, perfunctory, careless, lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague, (already) enough, considerably, quite, rather, pretty
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こ、 たか、 とし、 よし
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- agradable
- gustar algo
- gustar
- preferir
Portuguese
- apaixonado
- agradável
- gostar
French
- aimer bien
- apprécié
- agréable
| 1747 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 597d | 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 |