浊
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turbid; murky; impure
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 水 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 濁
- Common rank
- #2,365
- Unicode
- U+6D4A
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
turbid · Heisig RSH #1739
水 water + 虫 insect
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 浊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浊塞音 | (linguistics) voiced stop | |
| 扬清激浊 | see 激濁揚清|激浊扬清[ji1 zhuo2 yang2 qing1] | |
| 激浊扬清 | lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good… | |
| 浊积岩 | turbidite (geology) | |
| 白浊 | gonorrhea (TCM term); more commonly known as 淋病[lin4 bing4] | |
| 浊化 | (phonetics) voicing | |
| 浊流 | turbid flow; muddy waters; fig. a contemptible person; fig. corrupt or disgraceful social … | |
| 浊音 | (phonetics) voiced sound; sonant | |
| 浊世 | the world in chaos; troubled times; the mortal world (Buddhism) | |
| 浊度 | turbidity | |
| 浊酒 | unfiltered rice wine | |
| 五浊 | the five impurities (Buddhism) | |
| 浊臭熏天 | stinks to high heaven | |
| 恶浊 | filthy; foul | |
| 浊辅音 | voiced consonant (linguistics) | |
| 混浊 | turbid; muddy; dirty | |
| 污浊 | dirty; muddy; foul (sewer) | |
| 浑浊 | muddy; turbid | |
| 稠浊 | numerous and confused; forming a confused mass | |
| 龌浊 | filthy; nasty; sordid; impure (motives) |