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汚

汚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オJHS
Kun (native)
  • けが(す)HS
  • けが(れる)HS
  • けが(らわしい)HS
  • よご(す)JHS
  • よご(れる)JHS
  • きたな(い)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音wu1
  • 한글o
  • Hán-ViệtÔ
  • Hán-ViệtỐ
  • Hán-ViệtPhiếm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6C5A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵亐

Words using this kanji

  • 汚職おしょく公務員（またはそれに準じるもの）がその職権や地位を利用して不正な行為をすること。涜職。corruption (esp. by a government employee), bribery, graft
  • 汚染おせんこと。すること。 悪弊に塗れた状態にすること。pollution, contamination
  • 汚れよごれdirt, filth, stain, blot
  • 汚濁おだく水質などが汚れ濁ること。 （おじょく）世の中などが汚れ濁ること。pollution, contamination, corruption, graft
  • 汚名おめい不名誉な評判やうわさ。bad name, bad reputation, disgrace, dishonour
  • 汚水おすい家庭や工場などから発生する汚い水。filthy water, sewage
  • 汚れるよごれるto get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted
  • 汚点おてん点のように小さな汚れ。 歴史や経歴などにおける不名誉な事柄。stain, blot, flaw, disgrace
  • 汚物おぶつ汚れて汚い物。 排泄物。filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine), muck, waste, garbage
  • 汚いきたないdirty, filthy, foul, unclean
  • 汚すよごすけがすを参照。 よごすを参照。to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty
  • 汚泥おでい汚い（汚ならしい）泥。 人にとって好ましくない環境。劣悪な環境。sludge, slime, dregs, mire
  • 汚れ役よごれやくrole of a villain (film, drama, etc.), bad-guy role, social outcast role
  • 汚よごれoceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
  • 汚れけがれuncleanness, impurity, defilement, disgrace
  • 汚辱おじょく汚し、辱しめること。羞恥。恥辱。disgrace, humiliation, insult
  • 汚損おそん汚したり、破損したりすること。また、その汚れや破損。staining, spoiling, soiling, defacing
  • 汚穢おわい汚れ。汚れているもの。night soil, muck, filth, dirt
  • 汚行おこうscandalous conduct, shameful behavior
  • 汚臭おしゅうfoul smell

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-3
Four Corner
3112.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a3.5
Heisig
1334
Nelson
2494