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穢
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秽
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filthy

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
huì
アイ、エ、ワイ
けが.す、けが.れ、けが.れる
예
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 歲 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (穢)
禾 standing grain+ 歲 years of age =
穢 filthy
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
歲 Phonetic component
years of age
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Simplified (秽)
禾 standing grain+ 岁 harvest =
秽 dirty
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
岁 Phonetic component
suì harvest
variant of 歲|岁[suì], year
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Notes
Similar Characters
兼 double利 profit委 committee年 year朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秊 harvest-year (archaic)秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)科 department
Historical Evolution
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
秽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
秽 / 穢 [huì]
dirt; filth
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
淫秽 [yín​huì] #14,681
obscene
污秽 [wū​huì] #13,243
nasty
污言秽语 [wū​yán​huì​yǔ] #28,471
filthy speech
秽语 [huì​yǔ] #39,436
obscene language
自惭形秽 [zì​cán​xíng​huì] #41,212
to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom)
淫词秽语 [yín​cí​huì​yǔ] #72,882
obscene words
秽水 [huì​shuǐ]
dirty water
芜秽 [wú​huì]
to be overgrown with weeds
JAPANESE WORDS (22)
⭐ 汚い [きたない] #2,650
dirty
⭐ 汚す [よごす] #3,959
to pollute
汚れ [けがれ] #14,873
uncleanness
汚らわしい [けがらわしい] #17,169
filthy
汚れる [けがれる] #18,206
to be violated
汚らしい [きたならしい] #22,536
dirty-looking
口汚い [くちぎたない] #29,755
foul-mouthed
意地汚い [いじきたない] #37,663
gluttonous
穢れのない [けがれのない] #62,345
pure
汚穢 [おわい] #71,925
night soil
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