あく
 
 
 

expression, Godan verb

  1. to punish the wicked.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
あく
 
 
 
悪を懲らす あくをこらす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bad, vice, rascal
わる.い アク オ (3rd, N4)
Asia, rank next, come after
ア つ.ぐ や (Early High School, N1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
penal, chastise, punish
こ.りる チョウ (Early High School, N1)
indications, sign, omen
チョウ しるし チ (Early Jr. High, N1)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)