恶

恶 · è

evil, wicked, bad, foul

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

evil, wicked, bad, foul

Mandarin
è
Cantonese
ok3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6076
Radical
心 · 61
Strokes
10 · Unihan
Residual
6

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

10 strokes
恶
Strokes
10
Convention
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Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱亚心(G)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 恶

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

噁 · 惡

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
è
kCantonese
ok3
kDefinition
evil, wicked, bad, foul
kTotalStrokes
10
kRSUnicode
61.6
kTraditionalVariant
U+5641 U+60E1
kTGH
2013:1829

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
ě 0283.060 · è 0283.090 · wū 1210.120 · wù 1223.080
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
ě 086.150 · è 087.070 · wù 390.070
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
159dictionary records using 恶1forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
亚 above 心 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱亚心$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱亚心$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.