悪知恵

Japanese
Kanji in this term
悪 知 恵
わる
Grade: 3		 ち > ぢ
Grade: 2		 え
Grade: S
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
惡知惠 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 悪(わる) (waru) + 知恵(ちえ) (chie). The chie changes to jie as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わるぢえ [wàrújíé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝʑie̞]

Noun

悪(わる)知(ぢ)恵(え) • (warujie) ←わるぢゑ (warudiwe)?

  1. malicious knowledge

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