汚

See also: 污 and 汙

Translingual

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)

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

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see 汙 (“dirt; filth; unclean; dirty; filthy; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 污, which is in turn a variant form of 汙).

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

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Japanese

Kanji

汚

(common “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

Kanji in this term
汚
お Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 污 (ʔuoH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

汚(お) • (o) ^{←を (wo)?}

1. dirty

Derived terms

Derived terms

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

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Korean

Hanja

汚 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 汚 (ô, ố)

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References

• Nom Foundation