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
 悪  あく  bad thing, bad person
 悪化  あっか  (suffer) deterioration, growing worse, degeneration, corruption


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