穢

defiled; dirty

18 strokes.

Readings

• けがれ (kun reading): 穢れ (けがれ) uncleanness; 穢れのない (けがれのない) pure
• けがれる (kun reading): 穢れる (けがれる) to be violated
• エ (on reading): 穢多 (えた) eta; 穢土 (えど) this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)
• アイ (on reading)
• ワイ (on reading): 醜穢 (しゅうわい) ugly and filthy
• けがす (kun reading)

Components

• 禾
• 歳
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 小 radical small
• 戈 radical halberd
• 止 radical stop
• 禾 radical grain

Words using 穢

• 穢れ (けがれ) uncleanness
• 穢れのない (けがれのない) pure
• 穢れる (けがれる) to be violated
• 穢多 (えた) eta
• 穢土 (えど) this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)
• 厭離穢土 (えんりえど) abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
• 雑穢 (ぞうえ) various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)
• 触穢 (しょくえ) uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
• 醜穢 (しゅうわい) ugly and filthy

10 words in all.

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