EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice

    他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。
    Two wrongs don't make a right.
  2. misfortune; calamity

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Characters in this word

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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Kun
ことつか.うつか.える
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
18 of 2500
Radical
hook
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-8-3SKIP code
0a8.15The Kanji Dictionary
5000.7Four corner code
1547deroo
4e8bUnicode hex code
1-27-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
272Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71New Nelson (John Haig)
3567New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4384Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1156Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
73Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
241Morohashi
293A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
80Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230sakade
108Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
309henshall3
300Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
10crowley
237Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
30Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1164Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level