Japanese symbol for “corruption”
汚職
おしょく
Romaji: oshoku
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
In Japanese, corruption is 汚職, read おしょく (oshoku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “corruption”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悪化 | あっか akka | deterioration; getting worse; worsening |
| 堕落 | だらく daraku | depravity; corruption; degradation |
| 腐敗 | ふはい fuhai | corruption; degeneracy; decay |
| 退廃 | たいはい taihai | (moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence |
| 悪徳 | あくとく akutoku | vice; immorality; corruption |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汚染 | おせん osen | pollution; contamination |
| 汚れ | よごれ yogore | dirt; filth; stain |
| 汚い | きたない kitanai | dirty; filthy; foul |
| 汚れる | よごれる yogoreru | to get dirty; to become dirty |
| 汚物 | おぶつ obutsu | filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste |
| 職場 | しょくば shokuba | one's post; place of work; workplace |
| 職員 | しょくいん shokuin | staff member; employee; worker |
| 職業 | しょくぎょう shokugyou | occupation; profession; job |
See also: Chinese symbol for “corruption”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.