Kanji

穢

Meaning

dirty

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • けがす
  • けがれ
  • けがれる

On'yomi

  • あい
  • え た eta
  • え ど this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)
  • ぞう え various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)
  • お わい night soil
  • しゅう わい ugly and filthy
  • お わい や person who gathers night soil

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

穢
dirty
けが.す, けが.れ, アイ
禾
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
いね, カ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
歲
止
stop, halt
と.まる, -ど.まり, シ
卜
( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
うらな.う, うらない, ボク
戌
( CDP-8CB3 ) sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac
いぬ, ジュツ
戌
sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac
いぬ, ジュツ
戊
5th calendar sign
つちのえ, ボ, ボウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
厂
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
かりがね, カン
戈
halberd, arms, festival car...
ほこ, ほこづくり, カ
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
厂
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
かりがね, カン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
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