Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

Also written あきらめが悪い【あきらめがわるい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

truth, clarity, abandon, give up

Kun
あきら.めるつまびらかまこと
On
テイタイ
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2457 of 2500
Radical
speech

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-7-9SKIP code
7a9.16The Kanji Dictionary
0062.7Four corner code
8ae6Unicode hex code
1-36-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5663New Nelson (John Haig)
2010Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1444Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2716Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
467Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2516Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
35716Morohashi
1238Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
di4Pinyin reading
cheKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

Kun
わる.いわる-あ.しにく.い-にく.いああいずくにいずくんぞにく.む
On
アク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
530 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-7-4SKIP code
4k7.17The Kanji Dictionary
1033.1Four corner code
3258deroo
60aaUnicode hex code
1-16-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1873New Nelson (John Haig)
2745New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3413Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2393Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1810Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1951Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
504A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1483AJapanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
804Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10717Morohashi
222A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
304Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
304Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
152sakade
175Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241henshall3
369Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
295crowley
114Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.14busy_people
785Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1828Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
e4, e3, wu4Pinyin reading
ag, oKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level