悪あく

See also: 惡あく and 恶

悪あく U+60AA, 悪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60AA ← 悩 [U+60A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 悫 → [U+60AB]

Translingual

Traditional	惡あく
Shinjitai	悪あく
Simplified	恶

Han character

悪あく (Kangxi radical 61, 心しん+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一いち一いち心しん (MMP) or 難なん一いち一いち心しん (XMMP), four-corner 1033₁, composition ⿱亜あ心しん)

Derived characters

• 𨉼, 𫫖, 𬹓

References

• 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 惡あく (亞あ → 亜あ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 悪あく – see 惡あく (“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 惡あく).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), A01382-002

Japanese

Shinjitai	悪あく
Kyūjitai	惡あく

Kanji

悪あく

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

1. (あく) evil; bad; disagreeable; unpleasant
2. (お) hate; loathe

Readings

• Go-on: あく (aku, Jōyō); う (u)
• Kan-on: あく (aku, Jōyō); お (o, Jōyō)^{←を (wo, historical)}
• Kun: わるい (warui, 悪わるい, Jōyō); にくむ (nikumu, 悪あくむ); いずくんぞ (izukunzo, 悪わるんぞ); あし (ashi, 悪わるし)

Compounds

• 悪あく(お)露ろ(ろ) (oro): lochia
• 悪あく(あく)役やく(やく) (akuyaku): a villain, a baddie

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悪あく
あく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
惡あく (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 惡あく／恶 (ʔak, “bad”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ​く [áꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

悪あく(あく) • (aku) 

1. evil, wickedness

Affix

悪あく(あく) • (aku) 

1. evil, vice, ill, wrong
2. bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; undesirable;
3. inferior; ugly
4. fierce; vicious

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悪あく
わる Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
惡あく (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わ​る [wáꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

悪あく(わる) • (waru) 

1. evil, wickedness

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
悪あく
お Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
惡あく (kyūjitai)

/wo/ → /o/

From Middle Chinese 惡あく (MC 'uH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞]

Affix

悪あく(お) • (o) ^{←を (wo)?}

1. hate; loathe