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穢 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「禾」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
On
アイ・エ・ワイあい・え・わい · ai · e · wai
Kun
けが.す・けが.れ・けが.れるkega.su · kega.re · kega.reru
Meaning
defiled; filth

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grain 禾 with 歳 as phonetic: a field gone to weed, hence defiled.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 汚穢おわい

    filth

  • 穢れけがれ

    defilement

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

穢(けが)れを祓(はら)って身(み)を清(きよ)める。

They sweep the defilement away and make themselves clean.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

汚穢穢汚dirty秉to hol…秕an emp…秬black…秧a rice…秣fodder阨narrow哇a chil…徊to wan…埃dust迴to go…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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