Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 濁


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Meaning

impure, muddy/cloudy liquid, uncleanness

Pronunciation

DAKU
nigoru/su

Explanation

Left: water , right: eye , wrap , insect

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 rises )

Radicals

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