瀆 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
道準1University / general ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
- On
- トク・トウ
- Kun
- けが.す・けが.れ・みぞ
- Meaning
- to defile; ditch
Origin
Water with 賣 as phonetic: a drainage ditch; by extension, to defile.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 冒瀆ぼうとく
blasphemy; profanation
- 瀆職とくしょく
corruption in office
Example
死者を冒瀆する言葉は慎むべきだ。
One should refrain from words that profane the dead.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)