汚
- Kanji
- 汚
- Level
- N3
- Meaning
- dirty, pollute
- On'yomi
- オ
- Kun'yomi
- けが.れる, きたな.い, けが.す
- Strokes
- 6
- Common compounds
汚い (きたない) dirty 汚す (けがす) to defile 汚染 (おせん) pollution
- Memory hook
The 氵 (water) radical combined with the component that looks like a dog (犬) and a mouth (口) suggests water mixed with dirt and droppings, making it dirty.