濁
濁 — Voiced
voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity
On’yomiダク (daku)
On’yomiジョク (joku)
Kun’yomiにごる (nigoru)
Kun’yomiにごす (nigosu)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 濁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汚濁 | おだく odaku | pollution; contamination; corruption |
| 濁す | にごす nigosu | to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid |
| 濁る | にごる nigoru | to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become turbid |
| 濁流 | だくりゅう dakuryuu | muddy stream |
| 濁り | にごり nigori | muddiness; murkiness; cloudiness |
Study notes
濁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1883 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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