The kanji 汚: meaning, readings and stroke order
汚
- Meaning
- dirty, stain
- On reading
- オ o
- Kun reading
- けが(す) kegasu、けが(れる) kegareru、けが(らわしい) kegarawashii、よご(す) yogosu、よご(れる) yogoreru、きたな(い) kitanai
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bẩn, làm bẩn (ô)
- Japanese
- きたない。よごす。
- Korean
- 더럽다, 더럽히다 (오)
- Chinese
- 脏、弄脏 (污)
Readings, words and example sentences
オ o · on reading
汚染
pollution
川の 汚染を 調べます。
They check how polluted the river is.
けが(す) kegasu · kun reading · less common
汚す
to disgrace, to stain (a name)
名を 汚します。
It brings shame on your name.
けが(れる) kegareru · kun reading · less common
汚れる
to become impure, to be tainted
心が 汚れた ように 感じます。
I feel as if my heart has been tainted.
けが(らわしい) kegarawashii · kun reading · less common
汚らわしい
filthy, disgusting
汚らわしい 話は やめましょう。
Let's stop talking about such disgusting things.
よご(す) yogosu · kun reading
汚す
to make dirty
服を どろで 汚しました。
I got my clothes dirty with mud.
よご(れる) yogoreru · kun reading
汚れる
to get dirty
遊んで 手が 汚れました。
My hands got dirty from playing.
きたな(い) kitanai · kun reading
汚い
dirty
汚い 手で さわらないで ください。
Please do not touch it with dirty hands.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.