Kanji

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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

水(おすい)   filthy water, sewage

物(おぶつ)   filth, muck, dirt

職(おしょく)   corruption, graft

名(おめい)   stigma, dishonor, infamy

点(おてん)   stain, blot, flaw, disgrace

染する(おせんする)   pollute, contaminate

す(けがす)   disgrace, dishonor [v.t.]

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

らわしい(けがらわしい)   filthy, obscene, dirty

す(よごす)   make dirty[v.t.]

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

い(きたない)   dirty, unclean, filthy

Onyomi Examples

オスイ filthy water, sewage

オショク corruption

ボウオ antifouling, stain resistance, stain-proofing, anti-soiling

タンオ greed, corruption

Kunyomi Examples

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

れる けがれる to be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted, to be stained

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

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

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

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

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