悪

This kanji means bad and evil. The Nintendo character Wario makes so much more sense now...

on readings:

kun readings:

examples:

諦めが悪い	akirame ga warui	giving up is bad
悪化	akka	change for the worse
悪漢	akkan	scoundrel, villian
悪口	akkō	abusive language, speaking ill of
悪事	akuji	evil deed
悪循環	akujunkan	vicious circle, evil runaround
悪性	akusei	malignant, vicious
険悪	ken'aku	dangerous, threatening
最悪	saiaku	the worst, at worst
粗悪	soaku	coarse, crude, base, inferior
悪い	warui	bad
悪口	warukuchi	abusive language, speaking ill of
善悪	zen'aku	good and evil, quality

links:
Wiktionary
Wario article on Wikipedia

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