Chinese symbol for “impure”
浊
zhuó
Traditional: 濁
turbid; murky; impure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impure is 浊 (zhuó), defined as: turbid; murky; impure.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “impure”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 浊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浑浊 (渾濁) | hún zhuó | muddy; turbid |
| 混浊 (混濁) | hùn zhuó | turbid; muddy |
| 污浊 (污濁) | wū zhuó | dirty; muddy |
| 浊音 (濁音) | zhuó yīn | (phonetics) voiced sound; sonant |
| 浊度 (濁度) | zhuó dù | turbidity |
| 浊流 (濁流) | zhuó liú | turbid flow; muddy waters |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impure”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.