Kanji

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: dirty

Kunyomi: けが.す けが.れ けが.れる

Onyomi: アイ ワイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

オワイ night soil, muck, filth, dirt

エタ eta, group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

エド this impure world (as opposed to the pure land), feces, faeces

オワイ night soil, muck, filth, dirt

ゾウエ various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)

シュウワイ ugly and filthy

オワイ night soil, muck, filth, dirt

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 けがれ uncleanness, impurity, defilement, disgrace, shame, stain, blot, corruption, depravity, uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

れのない けがれのない pure, clean, untouched, innocent

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