あく

See also: あぐ

Japanese

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of あく – see the following entries.
【悪】3
[noun]evil, wickedness
[affix]evil, vice, ill, wrong
[affix]bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; undesirable;
[affix]inferior; ugly
[affix]fierce; vicious
【握】S
[affix]grip; hold
(This term, あく, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)
For a list of all kanji with on'yomi あく, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading あく.

Etymology 2
Hiragana あく
Kanji 灰汁

Pronunciation

Noun

あく (rōmaji aku)

  1. lye, scum
    • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 19, poem 1044)
      紅 (くれなゐ)に染 (そ)めし心 (こころ)もたのまれず人 (ひと)をあくにはうつるてふなり
      kurenai ni someshi kokoro mo tanomarezu hito o aku ni wa utsuru chō nari
      (please add an English translation of this example)
      [Note: This aku also puns to verb 飽く (aku, “to tire of”).]
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Etymology 3

Various kanji readings.

Verb

あく (godan conjugation, rōmaji aku)

  1. 開く: open, burst
  2. 空く: vacant, empty
  3. 明く: open, available, free
  4. 飽く, 厭く, 倦く: tire of

Proper noun

あく (rōmaji Aku)

  1. 亜久, 阿久, 悪, 渥, 安久, 吾久: a surname
  2. 愛玖, 愛紅: a female given name

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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