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
1880 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story
- 戯曲 【ギキョク】 drama, play, Chinese opera
- 遊戯 【ユウギ】 play, playing, game, play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
- 性戯 【セイギ】 sex act, sexual play
- 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story
- 戯作 【ゲサク】 cheap literature, writing for amusement, light literature popular in the late Edo period
Kun reading compounds
- 戯れる 【たわむれる】 to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke, to flirt with, to have elegance, to have refinement
- 戯れる 【たわむれる】 to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke, to flirt with, to have elegance, to have refinement
- 戯れる 【じゃれる】 to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.), to frisk, to gambol, to frolic
Readings
- Korean:
- heui, hwi, ho
Spanish
- jugueteo
- broma
- diversión
- teatro
- función
- juguetear
- bromear
- flirtear
Portuguese
- brincadeira
- jogo
- esporte
French
- divertissement
- jeu
- sport
1138 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1632 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
246 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1298 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1331 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2350 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1573 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1679 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1901 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
840 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2351 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1208 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1654 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2013 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11665 | Morohashi |
1875 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2041 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1994 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2149 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1766 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1259 | 2001 Kanji |
4n11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-11-4 | SKIP code |
2325.0 | Four corner code |
1-21-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
622f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
712 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 盛大 【セイダイ】 grand, magnificent, lavish, large scale, prosperous, thriving, lively, forceful, powerful, vigorous
- 盛況 【セイキョウ】 success, prosperity, boom
- 隆盛 【リュウセイ】 prosperity, flourishing, thriving
- 士気旺盛 【シキオウセイ】 morale being very high, heightened fighting spirit
- 盛者 【ショウジャ】 prosperous person, powerful person
- 盛者必衰 【ジョウシャヒッスイ】 even the prosperous inevitably decay, sic transit gloria mundi, all that's fair must fade
- 強盛 【キョウセイ】 might, mighty
- 熾盛 【シジョウ】 vigor (like leaping flames), liveliness
Kun reading compounds
- 盛る 【もる】 to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with, to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up, to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe, to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement), to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer), to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup
- 盛る 【さかる】 to prosper, to flourish, to copulate (animals)
- 盛ん 【さかん】 prosperous, flourishing, thriving, successful, popular, widespread, active, lively, energetic, vigorous, brisk, strong, enthusiastic, eager, hearty, frequent, repeated
- 盛んな歓迎 【さかんなかんげい】 cordial reception
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もり
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- auge
- prosperidad
- apilar
- colmar
- prosperar
- florecer
- próspero
Portuguese
- estrondo
- prosperar
- copular
French
- prospérité
- boom
- copuler
921 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1476 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
737 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3116 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
898 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1554 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1469 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
719 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
732 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
922 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1371 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1717 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2332 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1469 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23001P | Morohashi |
2675 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3895 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1457 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1567 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
925 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1474 | 2001 Kanji |
5h6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-5 | SKIP code |
5310.7 | Four corner code |
1-32-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
76db | Unicode hex code |