ㄨ

wū

pollute

污 is a 6 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as wū in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the character 汚 may be used.

It is made up of the components 氵 (water) and 亏 (deficit).

  • 污
    ㄨ

    wū

    pollute

    • 氵
      ㄕㄨㄟ ˙

      shui

      water

    • 亏
      ㄎㄨㄟ

      kuī

      deficit

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Water (水) is often polluted (污),resulting in a deficit (亏)
by oogabooga

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污
by MaggieLin

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if you pollute the water too much there will be a deficit of drinking water and that's the Worst thing that could happen
by JakieBrock

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 污

Definitions for 污 pronounced as wū

  • dirty
  • filthy
  • foul
  • corrupt
  • to smear
  • to defile
  • dirt
  • filth
  • variant of 污[wu1]

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