悪

See also: 惡 and 恶
悪 U+60AA, 悪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60AA
← 悩
[U+60A9]
CJK Unified Ideographs 悫 →
[U+60AB]

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

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:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

悪

Kyūjitai

惡

Kanji

悪

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惡)

  1. (あく) evil; bad; disagreeable; unpleasant
  2. (お) hate; loathe

Readings

Compounds

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

Noun

悪(あく) • (aku) 

  1. evil, wickedness

Affix

悪(あく) • (aku) 

  1. evil, vice, ill, wrong
  2. bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; undesirable;
  3. inferior; ugly
  4. fierce; vicious

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悪
わる
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
惡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

悪(わる) • (waru) 

  1. 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): [o̞]

Affix

悪(お) • (o) ←を (wo)?

  1. hate; loathe

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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