濁
voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity
Readings
On'yomi
- ダク
- ジョク
Kun'yomi
- にご.る
- にご.す
Nanori
- にごり
Meaning
濁 centers on impurity or cloudiness that corrupts clarity: water that is muddy, a sound that is voiced (nigori), or something morally wrong or unclean.
Most common words using 濁
20 of 46- 濁るにごるN2
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become turbid; to become impure (of a liquid or gas)
- 濁すにごすN1
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil
- 白濁はくだく
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
- 濁りにごり
muddiness; murkiness; cloudiness; unclearness
- 濁流だくりゅう
muddy stream
- 濁点だくてん
dakuten; diacritic used with kana that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
- 混濁こんだく
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming cloudy; becoming opaque
- 濁酒どぶろく
doburoku (unrefined sake)
- 汚濁おだく
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
- 濁音だくおん
syllable with a voiced consonant (in Japanese); voiced sound
- 清濁せいだくN1
good and evil; purity and impurity
- 濁り酒にごりざけ
unrefined sake; unfiltered sake; cloudy sake
- 鼻濁音びだくおん
voiced nasal sound; nasal sonant
- お茶を濁すおちゃをにごす
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
- 乳濁にゅうだく
emulsion
- 乳濁液にゅうだくえき
emulsion
- 半濁点はんだくてん
handakuten; diacritic used with kana that turns an "h" sound into a "p" sound
- 半濁音はんだくおん
syllable with a "p" sound (in Japanese)
- 半濁音符はんだくおんぷ
handakuten; diacritic used with kana that turns an "h" sound into a "p" sound
- 口を濁すくちをにごす
to speak ambiguously; to be vague; to equivocate; to prevaricate
Study
Etymology
濁 combines 氵 (water) with 蜀, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something thick or turbid. The character expresses water that is muddy or impure.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 mixed with 蜀 (a shape suggesting a thick, crawling creature) becomes muddy and impure. Imagine a murky pond where the water is clouded with silt and tiny creatures.
Reading mnemonic
For ダク, picture a duck landing in muddy water: duck -> ダク, and the water becomes turbid and impure.