EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    right or wrong; good or bad; quality; suitability

    この女の子はまだ小さくてもののよしあしがわからない。
    The girl is not old enough to be responsible.
  2. having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

Also written 善し悪し【よしあし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

good, pleasing, skilled

Kun
よ.い、-よ.い、い.い、-い.い
On
リョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
501 of 2500
Radical
stopping
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

じ、なが、まこと、よし、ら、りょ、ろう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-4, 3-5-2SKIP code
0a7.3The Kanji Dictionary
3073.2Four corner code
865deroo
826fUnicode hex code
1-46-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3885Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4954New Nelson (John Haig)
3558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4373Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2216Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2980Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1468Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1578Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
520A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
767Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
586Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30597Morohashi
598A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
321Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530sakade
861Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
628henshall3
492Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
479crowley
602Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1642Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1480Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
liang2Pinyin reading
ryangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani 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