垢

垢 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土竹一口 (GHMR), four-corner 4216₁, composition ⿰土后)

• 𢞄, 𬈉

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 228, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5058
• Dae Jaweon: page 464, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 440, character 1
• Unihan data for U+57A2

垢

1. filth; dirt

   油垢  ―  yóugòu  ―  greasy dirt

   • 不吹毛而求小疵，不洗垢而察難知。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不吹毛而求小疵，不洗垢而察难知。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Bù chuī máo ér qiú xiǎo cī, bù xǐ gòu ér chá nán zhī.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. filthy

   • 不生不滅不垢不淨不增不減 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不生不灭不垢不净不增不减 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xuanzang's translation of the Heart Sutra, 649

     bù shēng bù miè bù gòu bù jìng bù zēng bù jiǎn

     Nothing is born, nothing destroyed; nothing is filth, nothing is clean; nothing increases, nothing decreases.

3. (obsolete) dust
4. (literary) shame

   alt. forms: 詬 / 诟 (gòu)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. grime

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あか (aka, 垢)、はじ (haji, 垢)

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• (Tokyo) あか (Odaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

垢(あか) • (aka) 

1. scum
2. dirt

ateji (当て字), short for English account.

• (Tokyo) あか (Odaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

垢(あか) or 垢(アカ) • (aka) 

1. (slang, computing) account

   垢(あか)BAN(バン)

   aka-ban

   ban of one's account; account ban

   さっきプレミアム垢(あか)にしてきたので画質(がしつ)テスト版(ばん)です。

   Sakki puremiamu aka ni shitekita no de gashitsu tesuto ban desu.

   I just made my account a premium account, so this is a video quality test version.

• IPA^(key):

垢(く) • (ku) 

1. klesha

垢 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

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垢: Hán Nôm readings: cấu, cáu

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