Translingual
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Han character
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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
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- 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
Glyph origin
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Simplified from 惡 (亞 → 亜).
Definitions
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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). |
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Japanese
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悪
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惡)
- (あく) evil; bad; disagreeable; unpleasant
- (お) hate; loathe
Readings
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Compounds
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Etymology 1
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Alternative spelling
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惡 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 惡/恶 (ʔak, “bad”).
Pronunciation
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悪 • (aku)
- evil, wickedness
悪 • (aku)
- evil, vice, ill, wrong
- bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; undesirable;
- inferior; ugly
- fierce; vicious
Etymology 2
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Alternative spelling
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惡 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
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悪 • (waru)
- evil, wickedness
Etymology 3
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Alternative spelling
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惡 (kyūjitai)
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/wo/ → /o/
From Middle Chinese 惡 (MC 'uH).
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
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悪 • (o) ←を (wo)?
- hate; loathe
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN