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 the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as あく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あく.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
灰汁

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あく [àkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

あく • (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 • (aku) godan (stem あき (aki), past あいた (aita))

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 • (Aku) 

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