Memory phrase for the Kanji: 悪


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Meaning bad, evil, coarse

Pronunciation

AKU, O
warui

Explanation

Top: inferior, Asia 亜 (Where you work together with the center (= China = land of the middle) is: Asia), bottom: heart

Mnemonic


 
An inferior heart is something bad.

Radicals

heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

悪い わるい  bad, inferior
悪夢 あくむ  nightmare
悪寒 おかん  chill, shakes, ague
悪臭 あくしゅう  bad smell, a stink
悪口 わるくち  abuse, insult, slander, evil speaking
悪口 あっこう  abuse, insult, slander, evil speaking
善し悪し よしあし  good or bad, merits or demerits, quality
あく  bad thing, bad person
悪化 あっか  (suffer) deterioration, growing worse, degeneration, corruption


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