Conjugation
Tap for 濁る (become cloudy)
Tap for 濁す (make cloudy)
- 濁る — to become muddy; to become cloudy (liquid or sound)
- 濁す — to make something muddy; to cloud (an answer, sound, etc.)
- 濁音 — voiced sound; voiced consonant
- 汚濁 — pollution; contamination of water or environment
- 混濁 — turbidity; cloudiness (of water, liquid, or consciousness)
- 鼻濁音 — nasalized voiced sound in Japanese pronunciation
With the water radical 氵 on the left, 濁 points to liquid. The right side acts as the sound clue for ダク, and together they give the idea of water that has become thick, cloudy, or “dirty” — a feeling that also carries over into “impure” sounds like voiced consonants.