污
See also: 汚 and 汙
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Translingual
Han character
污 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 3, page 1551, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6C61
Chinese
| trad. | 污/汙/汚 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 污 | |
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
Definitions
污
- dirt; filth
- unclean; dirty; filthy
- rotten; corrupt
- to make dirty; to pollute; to stain
- to defile; to smear; to tarnish
- † to wash away dirt
- 薄污我私，薄澣我衣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bó wū wǒ sī, bó huàn wǒ yī. [Pinyin]
- I will wash my private clothes clean,
And I will rinse my robes.
- † Alternative form of 洿 (wū, “stagnant pool; puddle”).
- † low-lying
- † low; lowly
- † decline
- (Internet slang, humorous) embarrassing; obscene; erotic; blue; pornographic
- 噫，污 ― yī, wū ― (please add an English translation of this example)
- 要優雅不要污／要优雅不要污 ― yào yōuyǎ bùyào wū ― Be elegant, and don't be dirty.
- (Wu) excrement; faeces; dung
Synonyms
- (excrement) 糞／粪 (fèn)
Compounds
Derived terms from 污
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02132
- “污”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
污
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- Go-on: う (u)
- Kan-on: お (o)←を (wo, historical)
- Kun: けがす (kegasu, 污す); けがれる (kegareru, 污れる); よごす (yogosu, 污す); きたない (kitanai, 污い)
Usage notes
This character is not used in Japanese, and the variant 汚 is used instead.
Korean
Hanja
污 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)
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Vietnamese
Han character
污: Hán Nôm readings: ô, ố
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