汚

See also: 污 and 汙

汚 U+6C5A, 汚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5A ← 汙 [U+6C59] CJK Unified Ideographs 汛 → [U+6C5B]

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)

Related characters

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

Derived characters

• 𩂧, 𢙁, 𥁡

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 污 (“dirt; filth; unclean; dirty; filthy; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 汙, which is in turn a variant traditional form of 污).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 汚

汚

(Jōyō kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: お (o, Jōyō)^{←を (wo, historical)}
• Kun: けがす (kegasu, 汚す, Jōyō)、けがれる (kegareru, 汚れる, Jōyō)、よごす (yogosu, 汚す, Jōyō)、きたない (kitanai, 汚い, Jōyō)、よごれる (yogoreru, 汚れる, Jōyō)、けがらわしい (kegarawashii, 汚らわしい, Jōyō)

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

• IPA^(key): [o̞]

Affix

汚(お) • (o) ^{←を (wo)?}

1. dirty

Derived terms

• 汚(お)染(せん) (osen): pollution; contamination
• 汚(お)職(しょく) (oshoku): (politics) corruption
• 汚(お)泥(でい) (odei): mud; mire; sludge
• 汚(お)名(めい) (omei): stigma; dishonor; infamy

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】 [noun] uncleanliness (physical) [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of よごれる (yogoreru) [ichidan] 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】 [noun] uncleanliness (non-physical); (religion) defilement [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of けがれる (kegareru) [ichidan] 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:

汚

汚 (eumhun 더러울 오 (deoreoul o))

1. hanja form^? of 오 (“dirty”)

Compounds

• 오명 (汚名, omyeong)
• 오물 (汚物, omul)
• 오수 (汚水, osu)
• 오염 (汚染, oyeom)
• 오점 (汚點, ojeom)
• 탐관오리 (貪官汚吏, tamgwanori)

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

• Nom Foundation