Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

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

1. evil, bad

Readings

• Goon: あく (aku), う (u)
• Kan’on: あく (aku), お (o)
• Kun: わるい (warui), にくむ (nikumu), いずくんぞ (izukunzo)

Compounds

• 悪露 (おろ) ‎(oro, “lochia”)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 惡 ‎(ʔak, “bad”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) あ​く [áꜜkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

悪 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惡, hiragana あく, romaji aku)

1. evil, wickedness

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) わ​る [wáꜜrù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Noun

悪 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惡, hiragana わる, romaji waru)

1. evil, wickedness

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3