Memory phrase for the Kanji: 濁

濁

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Meaning impure, muddy/cloudy liquid, uncleanness

Pronunciation

DAKU
nigoru/su

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: eye 罒, wrap 勹, insect 虫

Mnemonic

If in the water the visibility is poor, such that insects appear as wrapped up it is impure/muddy. (But it clears 澄 up, because the (clean) water 氵rises 登)

Radicals

氵	water	The radical sanzui* 氵 is a short form of water 水*
罒	eyes, (net)	The Radical yongashira* shows the picture of an eye, whereas eye is also: 目. In some combinations this radical is seen as a net for fishing.*
勹	wrap
虫	insect	The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect

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Vocabulary

清濁	せいだく	good and evil, purity and impurity
濁る	にごる	to become muddy, to get impure

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