| 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 |
on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
817 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 徒 【ト】 party, set, gang, company, person
- 徒歩 【トホ】 walking, going on foot
- 信徒 【シント】 layman, believer, adherent, follower, laity
- 学徒 【ガクト】 student, follower, students and pupils
Kun reading compounds
- 徒 【いたずら】 useless, vain, aimless, idle
- いたずら書き 【いたずらがき】 scribbling, doodling, graffiti
- 徒 【あだ】 vain, futile, transient, frivolous
- 徒疎か 【あだおろそか】 making light of, disregarding
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かち
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- caminar
- inútil
- compañero
Portuguese
- júnior
- vazio
- vaidade
- futilidade
- inutilidade
- coisa efêmera
- gangue
- conjunto
- festa
- pessoas
French
- élève
- inexpérimenté
- vide
- vanité
- futilité
- inutilité
- chose éphémère
- bande
- parti
| 480 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 581 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 554 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1614 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 834 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 522 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1048 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 430 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 436 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 641 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 630 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 499 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 310 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 377 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 887 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10121 | Morohashi |
| 416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1746 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 878 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 943 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 553 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2070 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 7726.3 | Four corner code |
| 2428.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f92 | Unicode hex code |