渎
瀆dú
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disrespectful, (literary) ditch
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
渎 has 氵 water as meaning part and 卖, read yù here, as sound part. It first meant an irrigation ditch. That grew to dirty or pollute, then to showing disrespect.
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