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Kanji Detail for 汚 - "dirty, to dirty, stain"

汚

  • Meaning

    汚 means "dirty, to dirty, stain."

    1. Dirty - Unclean; filthy; impure.

    2. Stain - Wrongdoing; shame; disgrace.

    3. To dirty - To soil; to commit wrongdoing.

    4. Low - Low in status or geography; a hollow.

  • Words using 汚

    • 汚染 おせん Listen pollution; contamination
    • 汚職 おしょく Listen corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
    • 汚れ よごれ Listen dirt; filth; stain
    • 汚濁 おだく Listen pollution; contamination; corruption
    • 汚名 おめい Listen bad name; bad reputation; disgrace
    • 汚水 おすい Listen filthy water; sewage
    • 汚れる よごれる Listen to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied
    • 汚す よごす Listen to pollute; to contaminate; to soil

  • Four-character idioms with 汚

    • 汚名返上 おめいへんじょう Listen clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor
    • 貪官汚吏 たんかんおり Listen corrupt government official

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    • Verified meaning: dirty, to dirty, stain
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dirty; pollute; disgrace; rape; defile

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    filthy, dirty, impure, polluted

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 污[wu1]

  • Onyomi

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    o(オ) オ

  • Kunyomi

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    kega.rawashii(けが-らわしい) けが-らわしい

    kega.reru(けが-れる) けが-れる

    kega.su(けが-す) けが-す

    kitanai(きたな-い) きたな-い

    yogo.reru(よご-れる) よご-れる

    yogo.su(よご-す) よご-す

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    dirty stain to dirty corrupt unethical shameful low filthy impure foul contaminated defiled grimy grubby soiled polluted squalid mucky nasty sleazy smudged dingy dishonorable

Sentences including 汚

  • The boy got his hands dirty.

  • They have something to do with the scandal.

  • I found the river dirty.

  • She has a clean heart.

  • This river is not polluted.

  • I have nothing to do with the scandal.

  • Please clean the dirty floor.

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