污
汙wū
#1,403 most
frequent character
variant of 污[wu1]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
污 combines 氵 water with 亏 yú as the sound part. Its first sense was 'still water', water that does not flow. From there it grew to 'dirty', 'foul', and 'to make dirty'.
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