adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, noun

  1. vice, immorality, corruption.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
悪徳 あくとく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bad, vice, rascal
わる.い アク オ (3rd, N4)
Asia, rank next, come after
ア つ.ぐ や (9th, 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)
benevolence, virtue, goodness
トク のり あつ (5th, 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)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)