悪

Bad

Also: Evil, Wrong, Vice, Rascal

On'yomi

  • あく aku
  • お o

Kun'yomi

  • わる(い) warui
  • あ(し) ashi
  • にく(い) nikui
  • ああ aa
  • いずくに izukuni
  • いずくんぞ izukunzo
Stroke count
11
Radical
心 heart · Kangxi radical 61
JLPT level
N4
School grade
Grade 3

悪 has 11 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 心 (heart), number 61. Hashidari places it at JLPT N4. Japanese students learn it in grade 3 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N4 kanji list · Grade 3 kanji list · All kanji