汚

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 6
Variants: 汙洿

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wū
Cantonese: wu1
JapaneseKun: KEGASU KEGARERU YOGOSU KITANAI
JapaneseOn: O
Korean: O

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: filthy, dirty, impure, polluted

CE-Dict: variant of 污/dirty/filthy/foul/corrupt/to smear/to defile/dirt/filth

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】汚
同汙。【玉篇】从亐者古文，从于者今文。歐陽氏曰：汚汙本一字，今經傳皆以今文書之，蓋俗从𥳑。　又【集韻】邕俱切，音紆。深也。分汙汚爲二字。

Buddhism words and phrases stain, to dirty, to defile, pollute