污

wū
#1,403 most
frequent character
dirty, filthy, foul, corrupt

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

污wū
variant of 污[wu1]
污wū
variant of 污[wu1]

Homophones

屋wū
house, room
乌wū
crow, black

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