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濁 means 'muddy'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1855   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-34    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 18 words   Used in 40 words   Used in 46 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ダク
Kun
   にごる to become muddy, turbid   にごす to make muddy
Additional readings
On    ジョク
Name    にごり
Notes
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A lack of transparency holds fascinating secrets, and so it is with the muddiness of 濁. This kanji connects to evasive answers, impure hearts, and "muddy streams" in finance, plus muddied sounds, murkiness in the body and mind, and figurative birds that may or may not muddy waterways. Learn about saké production, and find out what "A bad boy drinks tea" could mean!
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Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  蜀 green caterpillar  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 濁 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 濁 is used 38 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ダク : 22 words FIND ALL
だ く り ゅ う 0
noun
muddy stream
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ジョク : 1 word FIND ALL
じ ょ く せ 0
noun
this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind  (Buddhist term)
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にごる : 14 words FIND ALL
に ご す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make muddy (a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil
2. to prevaricate; to speak ambiguously  (see also: お茶を濁す, 茶を濁す, 言葉を濁す)
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にごる (read as にごり) : 1 word FIND ALL
に ご り ざ け 3
Most common form: にごり酒
noun
unfiltered sake (cloudy); unrefined sake  (see also: 濁り, 濁酒)
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An additional 2 less common words include 濁 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1558  Joy o' Kanji : 1558  Key to Kanji: - 

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濁
ダク   muddy   にごる to become muddy, turbid   にごす to make muddy   
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蜀
ショク    green caterpillar; Szechuan   
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虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
勹
wrap
罒
net
氵
スイ   みず water   
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