污

See also: 汚 and 汙

污 U+6C61, 污 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C61 ← 池 [U+6C60] CJK Unified Ideographs 汢 → [U+6C62]

Translingual

Han character

污 (radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一一尸 (EMMS), four-corner 3112₇, composition ⿰氵亏)

Derived characters

• 𬇸, 𪷪, 𡜂

Related characters

• 汙 (Preferred form used for traditional Chinese in Taiwan)
• 汚 (Preferred form used in Japanese kanji)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 607, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17134
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1551, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C61

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Chinese

trad.		污/汙
simp.		污
variant forms		汚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū, wù, yū, yú, wā (wu¹, wu⁴, yu¹, yu², wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ, ㄨˋ, ㄩ, ㄩˊ, ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹, wu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): u / o͘ / ù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
    • IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹, wu¹
    • Yale: wā, wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹, wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹, wu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑː⁵⁵/, /wuː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u
    • Tâi-lô: u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: w
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
    • Tâi-lô: oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: of
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù
    • Tâi-lô: ù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u¹¹/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaː/, /*qʷaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	污
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wā
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷˁra/
English	impure, vile
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	污	污
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15679	15687
Phonetic component	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏	汙
Old Chinese	/*qʷaː/	/*qʷaːs/
Notes	同洿	手冊作汙今字廣韻平聲也作污

Definitions

污

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Compounds

Derived terms from 污

• 二次污染
• 卑污
• 同流合污
• 含垢納污／含垢纳污
• 噪音污染 (zàoyīn wūrǎn)
• 土壤污染 (tǔrǎng wūrǎn)
• 垢污
• 塵污／尘污
• 大氣污染／大气污染
• 奸污
• 姦污／奸污 (jiānwū)
• 媟污
• 家庭污水
• 展污
• 川澤納污／川泽纳污
• 工業廢污／工业废污
• 扯爛污／扯烂污
• 拆爛污／拆烂污
• 放射污染
• 染污
• 核污染
• 水污染 (shuǐwūrǎn)
• 污名 (wūmíng)
• 污吏 (wūlì)
• 污吏黠胥
• 污垢 (wūgòu)

• 污尊
• 污庳
• 污損／污损
• 污染 (wūrǎn)
• 污染物 (wūrǎnwù)
• 污水 (wūshuǐ)
• 污水處理／污水处理
• 污泥 (wūní)
• 污漫 (wūmàn)
• 污濁／污浊 (wūzhuó)
• 污痕
• 污穢／污秽 (wūhuì)
• 污膺
• 污衊
• 污辱 (wūrǔ)
• 污隆
• 污點／污点 (wūdiǎn)
• 油污 (yóuwū)
• 油污染
• 沾污
• 泥污
• 海水污染
• 淫污穢臭／淫污秽臭
• 潔言污行／洁言污行
• 潢污
• 濫官污吏／滥官污吏 (lànguān-wūlì)

• 濫污／滥污
• 濯污揚清／濯污扬清
• 熱污染／热污染
• 爛污貨／烂污货
• 玷污 (diànwū)
• 環境污染／环境污染 (huánjìng wūrǎn)
• 穢語污言／秽语污言
• 空氣污染／空气污染 (kōngqì wūrǎn)
• 納垢藏污／纳垢藏污
• 蕩垢滌污／荡垢涤污
• 藏垢納污／藏垢纳污
• 藏污納垢／藏污纳垢
• 血污
• 血污池
• 貪官污吏／贪官污吏 (tānguān-wūlì)
• 貪污／贪污 (tānwū)
• 貪污腐化／贪污腐化
• 貪污舞弊／贪污舞弊
• 贓污／赃污
• 贓污狼藉／赃污狼藉
• 除污
• 除污去垢
• 隆污
• 雪污
• 騫污／骞污
• 點污／点污

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02132
• Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

污

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): お (o)
• Kun: けがす (kegasu), けがれる (kegareru), よごす (yogosu), きたない (kitanai)

Usage notes

This character is not used in Japanese, and the variant 汚 is used instead.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

污 (ô, ố)

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