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汚 = 水 + 亐

汚 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dirty”. It is built from 水 (water) and 亐 (snare). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1334.

Keyword
dirty
RTK frame
1334
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
オ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
けが.す, けが.れる, けが.らわしい, よご.す, よご.れる, きたな.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
грязный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
汚 filthy

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 亐 snare

How to find 汚 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “snare”. 汚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 汚 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.