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On'yomi
ダク・ジョク
DAKU / JOKU
Kun'yomi
にご.る・にご.す
nigoru / nigosu

voiced · uncleanness · wrong · nigori · impurity

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Strokes16
Frequency#1883
Radicalwater(4)

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Strokes16

Component Breakdown

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water + 蜀

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of water and phonetic. Water becoming muddy.

Symbolism

Muddy, turbid, muddy stream. Represents being muddy.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Ice crystals

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

清濁併呑

せいだくへいどん

being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades; being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil

Proverbs & Idioms

濁りを知る

にごりをしる

To recognize impurity

To discern what is not pure