| 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 |
stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant, stink, glow, be bright
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1760 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 臭 【シュウ】 -smell, stinking of, smacking of, hinting of
- 臭覚 【シュウカク】 the sense of smell
- 体臭 【タイシュウ】 body odor, body odour, personal odor, personal odour, characteristic (of someone)
- 異臭 【イシュウ】 offensive smell, off-flavor, off-flavour
Kun reading compounds
- 臭い 【くさい】 stinking, smelly, suspicious, fishy, clumsy, unskilled, smelling of, looking like, appearing like, smacking of, -ish
- 臭い玉 【においだま】 tonsil stone, tonsillolith, scent ball
- 匂う 【におう】 to be fragrant, to smell (good), to stink, to smell (bad), to glow, to be bright, to smack of, to show hints of
- 匂い 【におい】 odour, odor, scent, smell, stench, aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor
- 匂いがする 【においがする】 to smell, to smell of, to have a smell
Readings
- Korean:
- chwi
Spanish
- peste
- hedor
- mal olor
- apestar
- oler mal
Portuguese
- fedendo
- cheiro de doença
- parecer suspeito
- odor
- cheiro
- fragrância
- cheirar
- feder
- brilhar
- brilhante
French
- sentir mauvais
- malodorant
- odeur
- saveur
- parfum
- puer
- aspect louche
- brillant
| 1356 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1409 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3842 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1308 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1684 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1244 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1310 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1285 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1588 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3261 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1682 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2289 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 123 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30103P | Morohashi |
| 2633 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4901 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 122 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 128 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1290 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 863 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2643.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ed | Unicode hex code |