恶ě · è
bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating. 10 strokes, radical 心, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin ě · èStrokes 10Radical 心Band HSK 4Words 2
How to write 恶
Strokes 1–6 write 亚, then strokes 7–10 write 心.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 恶 · the stroke-order rules
What 恶 is made of
亚 (yà, Asia) and 心 (xīn, heart).
心 carries the meaning — heart — and 亚 carries the sound.
Words that use 恶
| 恶心 | queasy / nauseated 胃里不舒服，很想吐 有人受凉后感到有些恶心。Someone caught a chill and started to feel a bit queasy. Lesson 309, 烟火人间与情怀映照 · 故土炊烟与烟火长卷 · Hometown Memories & The Tapestry of Daily Life |
| 罪恶 | evil, wrongdoing 指严重的坏行为 背后的罪恶也被揭露。The wrongdoing behind it was exposed as well. Lesson 698, 最终判决 · 大道同行与臻于至善 · Culmination & Ultimate Mastery |
More characters with the radical 心
All 61 of them, and what the radical means, on the 心 radical page.