恶

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evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #504 U+6076

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

心 (semantic, “heart”) + 亚 (phonetic, yà)

components: 亚心

evil · Heisig RSH #1352

亚 Asia + 心 heart

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亚

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亚 (yà) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亚 sound component	yà	Asia; second
哑	yǎ	dumb, mute, hoarse
娅	yà	a mutual term of address for sons-in-law or brothers-in-law
垩	è	chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious
桠	yā	tree fork
垭	yā	used in place names
氩	yà	argon
痖	yǎ	dumb, mute

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
好事不出门，恶事传千里	hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ	lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed…
无恶不作	wú è bù zuò	not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
恶名儿	è míng r	erhua variant of 惡名\|恶名[e4 ming2]
恶事传千里	è shì chuán qiān lǐ	evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
恶人	è rén	evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person
恶水	è shuǐ	dirty water; water that is unfit to drink; slops
恶心	ě xīn	variant of 惡心\|恶心[e3 xin1]
恶心	ě xīn	nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately)
恶心	è xīn	bad habit; vicious habit; vice
恶性	è xìng	malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation)
恶化	è huà	to worsen
恶行	è xíng	evil or wicked conduct
恶气	è qì	evil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner
恶语伤人	è yǔ shāng rén	to insult; to direct bad language at sb; to slag off
恶语中伤	è yǔ zhòng shāng	(idiom) to slander viciously
自食恶果	zì shí è guǒ	lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom); fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own a…
性恶论	xìng è lùn	"human nature is evil", theory advocated by Xunzi 荀子[Xun2 zi3]
恶口	è kǒu	bad language; foul mouth
恶事	è shì	malicious deed; misdeed; disaster; catastrophe
恶德	è dé	wickedness; evil behavior