# 汚

| 汚 | U+6C5A, &#27738; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5A |
| ← 汙 [U+6C59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 汛 → [U+6C5B] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 汙 |
| Simplified | 污 |
| Japanese | 汚 |
| Korean | 汚 |

### Han character

汚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一十尸 (EMJS), four-corner 3112$_7$, composition ⿰氵亐)

#### Related characters

* 污 (Preferred form used in Hong Kong and mainland China)
* 汙 (Preferred form used in Taiwan)

#### Derived characters

* 𩂧, 𢙁, 𥁡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 605, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17133
* Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1551, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6C5A

## Chinese
### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see 污 (“dirt; filth; unclean; dirty; filthy; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 汙, which is in turn a variant traditional form of 污).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Usage notes

This character is the orthodox form found in the historical Kangxi Dictionary.

### References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02012-002#37

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* dirty
* pollute
* disgrace
* rape
* defile

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: お (o, Jōyō)
* Kun: けがす (kegasu, 汚す, Jōyō)、けがれる (kegareru, 汚れる, Jōyō)、よごす (yogosu, 汚す, Jōyō)、きたない (kitanai, 汚い, Jōyō)、よごれる (yogoreru, 汚れる, Jōyō)、けがらわしい (kegarawashii, 汚らわしい, Jōyō)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 汚
* お Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 污 (ʔuoH).
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞]

#### Affix

汚(お) • (o)
* dirty

##### Derived terms

* 汚(お)染(せん) (osen): pollution; contamination
* 汚(お)職(しょく) (oshoku): (politics) corruption
* 汚(お)泥(でい) (odei): mud; mire; sludge
* 汚(お)名(めい) (omei): stigma; dishonor; infamy

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 汚
* よご(れ) Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see the following entry. :
| 【よごれ】 | [noun] uncleanliness (physical) [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of よごれる (yogoreru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 汚れ |
(This term, 汚, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.) :

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 汚
* けが(れ) Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 汚 – see the following entry. :
| 【けがれ】 | [noun] uncleanliness (non-physical); (religion) defilement [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of けがれる (kegareru) [ichidan] Alternative spellings 穢れ, 汚れ, 穢, 汚穢 |
(This term, 汚, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 汚 (MC 'u).

### Hanja

Wikisource 汚 (eumhun 더러울 오 (deoreoul o))
* hanja form of 오 (“dirty”)

#### Compounds

* 오명 (汚名, omyeong)
* 오물 (汚物, omul)
* 오수 (汚水, osu)
* 오염 (汚染, oyeom)
* 오점 (汚點, ojeom)
* 탐관오리 (貪官汚吏, tamgwanori)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

汚: Hán Nôm readings: ô, ố
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#### References

* Nom Foundation