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See also: 惡 and 恶

悪	U+60AA, 悪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60AA

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional	惡
Shinjitai	悪
Simplified	恶

Han character

悪 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一一心 (MMP) or 難一一心 (XMMP), four-corner 1033₁, composition ⿱亜心)

Derived characters

𨉼, 𫫖, 𬹓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 388, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10717
Dae Jaweon: page 721, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2300, character 2
Unihan data for U+60AA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 惡 (亞 → 亜).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 悪 – see 惡 (“evil; wicked; foul; fierce; hostile; ferocious; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 惡).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01382-002

Japanese

Shinjitai	悪
Kyūjitai	惡

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 悪

悪

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惡)

(あく) evil; bad; disagreeable; unpleasant
(お) hate; loathe

Readings

Go-on: あく (aku, Jōyō)、う (u)
Kan-on: あく (aku, Jōyō)、お (o, Jōyō)^{←を (wo, historical)}
Kun: わるい (warui, 悪い, Jōyō)、にくむ (nikumu, 悪む)、いずくんぞ (izukunzo, 悪んぞ)、あし (ashi, 悪し)

Compounds

悪(お)露(ろ) (oro): lochia
悪(あく)役(やく) (akuyaku): a villain, a baddie

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悪
あく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
惡 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 惡／恶 (ʔak, “bad”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あく (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

悪(あく) • (aku)

evil, wickedness

Affix

悪(あく) • (aku)

evil, vice, ill, wrong
bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; undesirable;
inferior; ugly
fierce; vicious

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悪
わる Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
惡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わる (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

悪(わる) • (waru)

evil, wickedness

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
悪
お Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
惡 (kyūjitai)

/wo/ → /o/

From Middle Chinese 惡 (MC 'uH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Affix

悪(お) • (o) ^{←を (wo)^?}

hate; loathe

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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