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汚

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1040 / 2,608

Dirty

On’yomi
お
Kun’yomi
きたな、よご
Radical
水 Water (Kangxi 85)

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

More common than 韓 (Korea), less common than 漢 (Chinese).

A tsunami on the left mixes with dry dirt on the right -- a tsunami mixing into dry ground creates a dirty, muddy mess.

In words

汚い きたない dirtyN5
汚れる よごれる to get dirtyN4
汚す よごす (1) to disgrace,to dishonour,(2) to pollute,to contaminate,to soil,to make dirty,to stainN2

汚 is rank 1040 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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