汚 – dirty, pollute, disgrace

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#908 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 汚 means dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オ (o); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is けが.す、けが.れる、けが.らわしい、よご.す、よご.れる、きたな.い (kegasu, kegareru, kegarawashii, yogosu, yogoreru, kitanai). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オ	o
Kun’yomi	けが.す	kegasu
Kun’yomi	けが.れる	kegareru
Kun’yomi	けが.らわしい	kegarawashii
Kun’yomi	よご.す	yogosu
Kun’yomi	よご.れる	yogoreru
Kun’yomi	きたな.い	kitanai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 一・汁・勹・二.

Words using 汚

汚いきたないdirty汚れるよごれるto get dirty汚染おせんpollution汚すよごすto pollute汚れよごれdirt

Example sentences

ジャックは私に汚いいたずらをした。

Jack played a dirty trick on me.

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この部屋の空気は汚れている。

The air in this room is foul.

Tatoeba #220022

おまえを失いかけた時、俺は自分の汚れた心を見た。

When I was on the verge of losing you, I saw how sinful my soul was.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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