穢 — kanji meaning “dirty”
穢
dirty
- Meanings
- dirty
- On'yomi
- アイ (ai)、エ (e)、ワイ (wai)
- Kun'yomi
- けが.す、けが.れ、けが.れる
- Strokes
- 18
- Classical radical
- 115
- Chinese reading
- huì — Chinese character page
Words with 穢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穢土 | えど edo | this impure world (as opposed to the pure land) |
| 汚穢 | おわい owai | night soil |
| 穢多 | えた eta | eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses |
| 厭離穢土 | えんりえど enriedo | abhorrence of (living in) this impure world |
| 汚穢屋 | おわいや owaiya | person who gathers night soil |
| 雑穢 | ぞうえ zoue | various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.) |
| 醜穢 | しゅうわい shuuwai | ugly and filthy |
| 触穢 | しょくえ shokue | uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc. |
| 穢身 | えしん eshin | defiled body; unenlightened person's body |
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