| 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
928 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 露 【ロ】 Russia
- 露骨 【ロコツ】 open, unconcealed, undisguised, blatant, plain, frank, broad, lewd, indecent, crude
- 吐露 【トロ】 expressing one's mind, speaking out
- 発露 【ハツロ】 appearance, expression, manifestation
- 露宇 【ロウ】 Russia and Ukraine
- 襲名披露 【シュウメイヒロウ】 announcing the succession to another's stage name
- 新序出世披露 【シンジョシュッセヒロウ】 presenting of new wrestlers to audience
Kun reading compounds
- 露 【つゆ】 dew, tears, (not) a bit, (not) at all
- 露払い 【つゆはらい】 person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc., outrider, harbinger, forerunner, opening performer, sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
- 朝露 【あさつゆ】 morning dew
- 下露 【したつゆ】 dew under (dripping from) trees
Readings
- Japanese names:
- や、 ゆ
- Korean:
- ro
Spanish
- rocío
- relente
- exponer
- mostrar
- sereno
- Rusia
Portuguese
- orvalho
- lágrimas
- mortalidade
- fragilidade
French
- rosée
- larmes
- dévoiler
- Russie
| 1935 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1144 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5069 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1074 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1894 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2941 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 951 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 981 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 846 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1870 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3495 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2454 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1291 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42463 | Morohashi |
| 2818 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6549 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1283 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1377 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1940 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3177 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-13 | SKIP code |
| 1016.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9732 | Unicode hex code |