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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

浊 zhuó
dirty, filthy, muddy, turbid
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “impure”

WordPinyinMeaning
龌浊 (齷濁)wò zhuófilthy; nasty

Related words

Other words that share a character with 浊.

WordPinyinMeaning
浑浊 (渾濁)hún zhuómuddy; turbid
混浊 (混濁)hùn zhuóturbid; muddy
污浊 (污濁)wū zhuódirty; muddy
浊音 (濁音)zhuó yīn(phonetics) voiced sound; sonant
浊度 (濁度)zhuó dùturbidity
浊流 (濁流)zhuó liúturbid 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.

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