汚

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See also: 污, and 汙
汚 U+6C5A, 汚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5A
← 汙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 汛 →

Translingual

Traditional 汙
Simplified 污
Japanese 汚
Korean 汚
Stroke order
(Japan)

Han character

汚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一十尸 (EMJS), four-corner 31127, composition ⿰氵亐)

  • 污 (Preferred form used in Hong Kong and mainland China)
  • 汙 (Preferred form used in Taiwan)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 605, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17133
  • Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1551, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6C5A

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see 汙 (“dirt; filth; unclean; dirty; filthy; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 汙).
Notes:

Usage notes

This character is the orthodox form found in the historical Kangxi Dictionary.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02012-002#37

Japanese

Kanji

汚

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. dirty
  2. pollute
  3. disgrace
  4. rape
  5. defile

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
汚
お
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 污 (ʔuoH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

汚(お) • (o) ←を (wo)?

  1. dirty
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
汚
よご(れ)
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see the following entry.
【よごれ】
uncleanliness (physical)
imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of よごれる (yogoreru)
Alternative spelling
汚れ
(This term, 汚, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
汚
けが(れ)
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see the following entry.
【けがれ】
uncleanliness (non-physical); (religion) defilement
imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of けがれる (kegareru)
Alternative spellings
穢れ, 汚れ, 穢, 汚穢
(This term, 汚, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 汚 (MC 'u).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

汚 (eumhun 더러울 오 (deoreoul o))

  1. hanja form? of 오 (“dirty”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

汚: Hán Nôm readings: ô, ố

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References

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