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瀆 — 18 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
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On
トク・トウとく・とう · toku · tō
Kun
けが.す・けが.れ・みぞkega.su · kega.re · mizo
Meaning
to defile; ditch

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water with 賣 as phonetic: a drainage ditch; by extension, to defile.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 冒瀆ぼうとく

    blasphemy; profanation

  • 瀆職とくしょく

    corruption in office

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

死者(ししゃ)を冒瀆(ぼうとく)する言葉(ことば)は慎(つつし)むべきだ。

One should refrain from words that profane the dead.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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