Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
530 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e4, e3, wu4
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

11 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound
Kun:
よ.うよ.い
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1640 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酔客 【スイキャク】 drunken person
  • 酔漢 【スイカン】 drunkard, drunken fellow
  • 陶酔 【トウスイ】 intoxication, being fascinated (by), being carried away (by), being enraptured (by), being intoxicated (with)
  • 大酔 【タイスイ】 dead drunk

Kun reading compounds

  • 酔う 【よう】 to get drunk, to become intoxicated, to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated, to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures
  • 酔い 【よい】 drunkenness, intoxication, motion sickness, travel sickness
  • 酔いが覚める 【よいがさめる】 to sober up
  • 酔い 【よい】 drunkenness, intoxication, motion sickness, travel sickness
  • 酔う 【よう】 to get drunk, to become intoxicated, to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated, to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures

Readings

Japanese names:
よい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui4
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • marearse
  • emborracharse

Portuguese

  • bêbado
  • sentir-se mal
  • envenenado
  • exaltado
  • fascinado

French

  • ivre
  • se sentir malade
  • empoisonné
  • transporté de joie
  • subjugué
1457 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1335 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4781 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1648 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1832 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1709 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1826 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1791 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1875 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
996 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1348 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1447 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39807 Morohashi
1483 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6166 New Nelson (John Haig)
1435 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1543 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1493 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3255 2001 Kanji
7e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
1464.1 Four corner code
1-31-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9154 Unicode hex code