EntryCommonWaniKani 19
  1. Noun

    right and wrong; good and evil

    赤ん坊は善悪について何も知らない。
    A baby does not know good or evil.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

virtuous, good, goodness

Kun
よ.い、い.い、よ.く、よし.とする
On
ゼン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
765 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

たる、よし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-9, 2-2-10, 2-9-3SKIP code
2o10.2The Kanji Dictionary
8060.5, 8060.1Four corner code
977deroo
5584Unicode hex code
1-33-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
606Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
859New Nelson (John Haig)
2325New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2921Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1501Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1035Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1112Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
643A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
717Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3904Morohashi
735A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1139Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1191Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
831sakade
415Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
929henshall3
949Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
676Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
295Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1044Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan4Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
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、オ
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