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汚 · dirty, pollute

汚 is a kanji meaning dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • オo

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • けがすkegasu
  • けがれるkegareru
  • けがらわしいkegarawashii
  • よごすyogosu
  • よごれるyogoreru
  • きたないkitanai

Practise the N2 kanji

In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 汚 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 汚
WordReadingMeaningLevel
汚いきたないdirty, unclean, filthyN5
汚れるよごれるto become dirtyN4
汚染おせんpollution, contaminationN3
汚すよごすto pollute, to make dirtyN3
汚れよごれdirt, filthN1

Example sentence

彼の部屋は汚い。

かれのへやはきたない

His room is untidy.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #116208 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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