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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

908 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

Kunyomi: けが.す, けが.れる, けが.らわしい, よご.す, よご.れる, きたな.い

Onyomi: オ

Composition: 氵 二

汚

Radical

Radical: 水

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

汚水(おすい)   filthy water, sewage

汚物(おぶつ)   filth, muck, dirt

汚職(おしょく)   corruption, graft

汚名(おめい)   stigma, dishonor, infamy

汚点(おてん)   stain, blot, flaw, disgrace

汚染する(おせんする)   pollute, contaminate

汚す(けがす)   disgrace, dishonor [v.t.]

汚れる(けがれる)   be corrupted, be polluted [v.i.]

汚らわしい(けがらわしい)   filthy, obscene, dirty

汚す(よごす)   make dirty[v.t.]

汚れる(よごれる)   get dirty, become dirty [v.i.]

汚い(きたない)   dirty, unclean, filthy

Onyomi Examples

汚水 (オスイ) filthy water, sewage

汚職 (オショク) corruption

防汚 (ボウオ) antifouling, stain resistance, stain-proofing, anti-soiling

貪汚 (タンオ) greed, corruption

Kunyomi Examples

汚す (よごす) to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile

汚れる (けがれる) to be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted, to be stained

汚らわしい (けがらわしい) filthy, unfair, dirty, untouchable, disgusting, nasty, foul, odious, repulsive

汚す (よごす) to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile

汚れる (よごれる) to get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity

汚い (きたない) dirty, filthy, foul, unclean, disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting), indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse, dastardly, mean, base, underhanded, stingy, greedy

汚い戦争 (きたないせんそう) Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)

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