Japanese symbol for “swampy”

泥深い

どろぶかい

Romaji: dorobukai

miry; swampy; foundrous

In Japanese, swampy is 泥深い, read どろぶかい (dorobukai).

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Meanings

adj-i miry; swampy; foundrous

Written forms: 泥深い、どろ深い. Readings: どろぶかい.

Kanji and stroke order

泥

mud, mire, adhere to

on: デイ、ナイ、デ、ニ
kun: どろ、なず.む

8 strokes · JLPT 2

深

deep, heighten, intensify

on: シン
kun: ふか.い、-ぶか.い、ふか.まる、ふか.める

11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
泥棒	どろぼう dorobou	thief; burglar; robber
泥酔	でいすい deisui	being dead drunk; drunken stupor
泥沼	どろぬま doronuma	bog; marsh; swamp
雲泥の差	うんでいのさ undeinosa	wide difference; a world of difference
汚泥	おでい odei	sludge; slime; dregs
泥炭	でいたん deitan	peat
深刻	しんこく shinkoku	serious; severe; grave
深い	ふかい fukai	deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.)

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.