汚

汚 (radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一十尸 (EMJS), four-corner 3112₇, composition ⿰氵亐)

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

• KangXi: page 605, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17133
• Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1551, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6C5A

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

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

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. dirty
2. pollute
3. disgrace
4. rape
5. defile

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: お (o, Jōyō)^{←を (wo, historical)}
• 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)

From Middle Chinese 污 (ʔuoH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [o̞]

汚 (hiragana お, rōmaji o, historical hiragana を)

1. dirty

汚 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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汚 (ô, ố)

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