悪知恵

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	知	恵
わる Grade: 3	ち > ぢ Grade: 2	え Grade: S
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
惡知惠 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 悪(わる) (waru) + 知恵(ちえ) (chie). The chie changes to jie as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わるぢえ (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

悪(わる)知(ぢ)恵(え) • (warujie) ^{←わるぢゑ (warudiwe)^?}

malicious knowledge

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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