This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: アク、オ、わる.い、あ.し、にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む
Romaji: aku, o, waru.i, a.shi, niku.i, aa, izukuni, izukunzo, niku.mu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bad, evil

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  1
Frequency: 
Grade:  10
Skip Pattern:  2-8-4
Korean Reading:  o
Chinese Reading:  wu1
Unicode:  60e1
JIS:  5828

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2788
Nelson Index: 63
New Nelson Index: 1875
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4k7.17
Four Corner Index: 1033.1
Japanese Names Index: 2227
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10824
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.1093
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2429
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3463

Words

悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
悪口 (あっこう、わるくち、わるぐち)
abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking; bad mouth
悪戯 (いたずら、いたづら)
mischief; prank; trick; practical joke; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with; tampering with; lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape
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