Read Edit View history 噁 è nastiness Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 惡 惡 SoundMeaning component è, wù evil foul Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqaːɡs Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 𫫇 ě, wù, wò nastiness Simplified Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 恶 恶 SoundMeaning component è, wù evil Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 恶 è, wù evil Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惡. Components 亚 亚 Sound component yà Asia, sub- Change in sound 恶 and 亚 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 恶 *ʔˤak-s 亚 *ʔˤrak-s 心 心 Meaning component xīn, xin heart Component uses Sound (1) 𫫇 Meaning (1) 𫫇 Historical Pronunciations Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode