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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- e4
- English meanings
- evil, wicked, vicious
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 亚; bottom 心.
Meaning & sound clues
心 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “heart”.
亚 is identified as the sound component (yà). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 恶.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
suddenly; Russia
disaster; misfortune
beautiful woman; Chang'e
high; lofty
evil; bad
grasp; guard
erroneous; extort; rumour
restrain; stop
forehead; amount
starve
crocodile
goose
goose
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 丑恶
- 凶恶
- 可恶
- 恶劣
- 恶化
- 恶心
- 恶性
- 恶意
- 无恶不作
- 罪恶
- 邪恶