惡 (è)
evil/bad/wicked
How 惡 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 二 — two
- Traditional
- 惡
- Simplified
- 恶
惡 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- ě
- see 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- è
- evil; fierce; vicious; ugly
- wù
- to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear
Common words using 惡
- 厭惡 yànwù
- to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- 可惡 kěwù
- repulsive; vile; hateful
- 惡作劇 èzuòjù
- mischief; mischievous; practical joke
- 惡劣 èliè
- vile; nasty; of very poor quality
- 惡夢 èmèng
- nightmare
- 惡心 ěxīn
- nausea; to feel sick; disgust
- 惡魔 èmó
- demon; fiend
- 邪惡 xiéè
- sinister; vicious; wicked
- 作惡 zuòè
- to do evil
- 善惡 shànè
- good and evil; good versus evil
- 好惡 hàowù
- lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste
- 惡人 èrén
- evil person; vile creature; ugly man
惡 in a sentence
他昨晚做了一個惡夢，嚇得睡不著。
Tā zuówǎn zuò le yí ge èmèng, xià de shuì bù zháo.
“He had a nightmare last night and was too scared to sleep.”
How common is 惡?
惡 is the 790th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 85.1% of all running text.
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