Nihongo

Kanji Detail of 濁

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Strokes:16
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Basic Meaning

The kanji primarily conveys the meaning of "turbid," "cloudy," "muddy," or "unclear." It often refers to something that is not pure or transparent, particularly in relation to liquids or visual clarity. This implies a lack of clearness or purity.

Readings

・On-yomi (音読み): ダク (daku), ジョク (joku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): にご.る (nigo.ru), にご.り (nigori)

Usage Examples

⚫︎ 濁流 (dakuryuu) Translation: Turbid current; muddy stream. ⚫︎ 濁点 (dakuten) Translation: The voiced sound mark (゛) used in Japanese writing. ⚫︎ 濁音 (dakuon) Translation: Voiced sound; voiced consonant.

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Origin and Formation

The kanji is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. The phonetic component is (shoku, meaning "to cook; Sichuan region of China"), and the semantic component is or (mizu), the "water" radical. The addition of the "water" radical to suggests the meaning is related to water. Originally, was used for the "voice of insects", then it evolved to mean "turbid" or "muddy" relating to water that lacks clarity or purity. Therefore, it visually represents the concept of unclear water or something impure.

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