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
- N3汚染Popularpollution; contamination
- —汚職Popularcorruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
- —汚水Popularfilthy water; sewage
- —汚濁Popularpollution; contamination; corruption; graft
- —汚点Popularstain; blot; flaw; disgrace
- —汚物Popularfilth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
- —汚名Popularbad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma; infamy
- —汚辱disgrace; humiliation; insult
- —汚損staining; spoiling; soiling; defacing; damage
- —汚泥sludge; slime; dregs; mire; hopeless situation; hell; despair
- —貪汚greed; corruption
- —汚穢night soil; muck; filth; dirt
- —汚行scandalous conduct; shameful behavior
- —汚臭foul smell
- —汚吏corrupt official
- —汚言frequently uttering obscene words or socially inappropriate remarks
- —汚涜blasphemy; desecration
- —防汚antifouling; stain resistance; stain-proofing; anti-soiling
- —汚液dirty liquid; filthy liquid; foul liquid
- —汚染菌(bacterial) contaminant; pollutant