濁

音読おんよみ: ダク

訓読くんよみ:にご・にご

画数かくすう: 16

部首ぶしゅ: さんずい(氵)

Meaning

Muddy / Impure / Voiced Sound

Conjugation
Tap for 濁る (become cloudy) Tap for 濁す (make cloudy)
  • にごる — to become muddy; to become cloudy (liquid or sound)
  • にごす — to make something muddy; to cloud (an answer, sound, etc.)
  • 濁音だくおん — voiced sound; voiced consonant
  • 汚濁おだく — pollution; contamination of water or environment
  • 混濁こんだく — turbidity; cloudiness (of water, liquid, or consciousness)
  • 鼻濁音びだくおん — nasalized voiced sound in Japanese pronunciation

With the water radical さんずい on the left, 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.

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