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Kanji 濁: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 濁: voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity

Key takeaways

Kanji 濁: voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

voiceduncleannesswrongnigoriimpurity

On reading

ダクジョク

Kun reading

にご.るにご.す

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 濁

voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

氵 + 蜀

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine water (氵) that has caterpillars or larvae (蜀) in it, making it muddy and impure. This kanji represents the state of being cloudy, impure, or 'voiced' (nigori) in phonetics.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ダク
  • 清濁せいだく

    purity and impurity / good and bad

Kun reading

にご.る
  • 濁るにごる

    to become muddy / to get cloudy

Commonly used words

  • 清濁
    せいだく

    purity and impurity / good and bad

  • 濁る
    にごる

    to become muddy / to get cloudy

Example sentences

Example 1

人間の清は紙一重だ。

Translation

The purity and impurity in people are very close.

Example 2

併せ呑む覚悟が必要だ。

Translation

You need the resolve to accept both good and bad.

Example 3

川の水がにごっている。

Translation

The river water is muddy.

Example 4

声がにごって聞こえる。

Translation

The voice sounds hoarse.

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