穢 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
- On
- アイ・エ・ワイ
- Kun
- けが.す・けが.れ・けが.れる
- Meaning
- defiled; filth
Origin
Grain 禾 with 歳 as phonetic: a field gone to weed, hence defiled.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 汚穢おわい
filth
- 穢れけがれ
defilement
Example
穢れを祓って身を清める。
They sweep the defilement away and make themselves clean.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)