Entry
  1. Noun

    undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; bad influence

    see 良友

    息子が悪友仲間に入った。
    My son has got into bad company.
  2. partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

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Characters in this word

2
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

friend

Kun
とも
On
ユウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
622 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-2, 4-4-4SKIP code
2h2.3The Kanji Dictionary
4004.7Four corner code
1467deroo
53cbUnicode hex code
1-45-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
858Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
672New Nelson (John Haig)
2952New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3670Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2553Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
704Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
760Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
543A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
70Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
158Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3119Morohashi
214A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
264Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
145sakade
30Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
234henshall3
104Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
451crowley
79Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
268Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
711Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you3Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level