EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded

    悪質なドライバーは免許証を取り上げるべきだ。
    Bad drivers should have their licenses taken away from them.
  2. shoddy; inferior; poor-quality; second-rate

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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、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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

substance, quality, matter, temperament

Kun
たち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ
On
シツ、シチ、チ
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N4
Frequency
389 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-8-7, 2-13-2SKIP code
7b8.7The Kanji Dictionary
7280.6Four corner code
2661deroo
8ceaUnicode hex code
1-28-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4518Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5817New Nelson (John Haig)
2808New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3483Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1796Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2445Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1137Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1219Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
369A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2395Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
325Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36833Morohashi
699A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
176Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
176Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
628sakade
253Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
726henshall3
808Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
359crowley
238Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1737Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1146Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi2, zhi4Pinyin reading
jil, jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level