Keyword
dirty
- pollute
- disgrace
- rape
- defile
- Frequency
- #908
- Strokes
- 6
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1334
Readings
オ64%
よご27%
きたな9%
Mnemonic
Unwashed for weeks, you are so dirty that you're unable to breathe around yourself, until one blissful shower of water drops saves everyone.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
汚い
dirty; filthy; foul; unclean; disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.); vulgar; …
I-adjective
汚れ
uncleanness; impurity; defilement; disgrace; shame; stain; blot; corruption; depravity; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
Noun
汚し
soiling; polluting; being dirty; shame; disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
Suffix
汚す
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile
Godan verb
汚れる
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
Ichidan verb