| 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
1537 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 巧 【コウ】 skilfulness, skillfulness, cleverness
- 巧妙 【コウミョウ】 ingenious, skillful, clever, deft
- 不精巧 【フセイコウ】 clumsy, bungling
- 大巧 【タイコウ】 great talent
Kun reading compounds
- 巧み 【たくみ】 skillful, adroit, dexterous, masterful, clever, ingenious, cunning, craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design, plot, scheme, artifice, trick
- 巧む 【たくむ】 to devise, to plot, to plan
- 上手い 【うまい】 skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate, delicious, tasty, good, nice, good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かつ、 たくみ、 よし
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- habilidad
- destreza
- ingenio
- diestro
- hábil
- ingenioso
Portuguese
- hábil
- engenhoso
French
- adroit
- habile
- ingénieux
| 1242 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1444 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1453 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1363 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1247 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 238 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1627 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1737 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1786 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 551 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 219 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 137 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 166 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1249 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8721 | Morohashi |
| 188 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1533 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1241 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1329 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1047 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3152 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1112.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5de7 | Unicode hex code |