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The kanji 悪: meaning, readings and stroke order

悪

Meaning
bad
On reading
アク aku、オ o
Kun reading
わる(い) warui
Strokes
11
Radical
心 heart
Level
Level 3 · grade 3
Old form
惡

Stroke order

Stroke order of 悪, 11 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
xấu, ác (ác)
Japanese
わるい。
Korean
나쁘다 (악·오)
Chinese
坏、不好 (恶)

Readings, words and example sentences

アク aku · on reading

オ o · on reading · less common

わる(い) warui · kun reading

Practise writing 悪 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 悪 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.