Kanji Detail for 垢 - "grime, dust, dirty"

垢

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

垢 means "grime, dust, dirty."
1. Grime - Dirt; filth.
2. Dust - Particles; trash.
3. Dirty - Soiled; defiled.
4. Shame - Disgrace; humiliation.
Four-character idioms with 垢
- 清浄無垢せいじょうむく purity; spotlessness
- 無垢清浄むくせいじょう pure and innocent; immaculate
- 純真無垢じゅんしんむく pure; purity
- 蓬頭垢面ほうとうこうめん (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

dirt; grime; earwax

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

dirt, filth, stains; dirty

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

dirt; disgrace

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

dirt, filth, stains; dirty; disgraceful

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Things stained by dust and dirt. Such as 塵垢 (dirt), 垢膩 (grime).
Onyomi

koh(コウ)

ku(ク)
Kunyomi

aka(あか)

haji(はじ)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)
Related Keywords

grime dust dirty shame soil filth stain unclean impure

耳垢を取って欲しい。
I want the wax cleaned from my ears.
トムって垢抜けてるね。
Tom is sophisticated.
この絵は垢抜けしたかき方だ。
The picture is done in a masterly style.
トムって垢抜けてるって思う？
Do you think Tom is sophisticated?
歯垢をとらなければなりません。
The plaque has to be removed.
メアリーって、垢抜けてるよね。
Mary is sophisticated, isn't she?
歯垢がずいぶん付いていると思いますが。
I think I have a lot of plaque build up.
仮令遊女でも純粋な恋をすれば、その恋は無垢な清いものです。
Even if she's a prostitute which falls in love, her love is a pure and noble feeling.
可憐な、清浄無垢な姿をした彼女は、貴下と小生の名をのろいながら自殺したのです。
She, with such a sweet and pure figure, killed herself while cursing both of our names.