# 濁 — Muddy

Frequency rank 1874 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 曽 (Already), less common than 猟 (Hunting).

- On’yomi: だく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level XV of XX

A tsunami on the left churns with an insect and sun on the right — the muddy tsunami carries insects and blocks the sun, turning everything into a thick, murky sludge.

In words:

- 濁る にごる — to become muddy,to get impure
- 清濁 せいだく — good and evil;purity and impurity

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