Kanji1 / 6
汚 kanji
dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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Kun readings
けがすけがれるけがらわしいよごすよごれるきたない
Variant forms
汙Words with 汚
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —水質汚染water pollution
- —政治汚職political corruption
- —貪官汚吏corrupt government official
- —汚名返上clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor
- —汚職疑惑suspicion of corruption
- —汚職警官corrupt policeman; dirty cop
- —汚物入れsanitary waste receptacle; sanitary napkin disposal bin (in a bathroom); fecal specimen receptacle (at a hospital)
- —汚ギャルunhygienic young woman; dirty girl
- —海洋汚染marine pollution; oceanic pollution; sea pollution
- —汚職撲滅eradication of corruption
- —汚水だめcesspit; cesspool
- —防汚塗料antifouling paint
- —汚水処理sewage disposal; sewage treatment
- —汚ッサンdirty old man
- —放射能汚染radioactive contamination
- —汚職政治家corrupt politician
- —汚染レベルcontamination level
- —光化学汚染photochemical pollution
- —公共物汚損vandalism
- —遺伝子汚染genetic pollution