穢 — ye

Parts that make up 穢

How 穢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 穢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 歲.

Korean example words with 穢

• 예토穢土 Korean gloss: 더러운 땅이라는 뜻으로, ‘이승’을 달리 이르는 말
• 예식穢食 Korean gloss: 더러운 밥.
• 예신穢身 Korean gloss: 더러운 몸.
• 예기穢氣 Korean gloss: 더러운 냄새.
• 예독穢毒 Korean gloss: 더러운 병독.
• 예물穢物 Korean gloss: 더러운 물건.
• 예심穢心 Korean gloss: 더러운 마음.
• 예욕穢慾 Korean gloss: 더러운 욕심.
• 후예朽穢 Korean gloss: 썩고 더러움.
• 악예惡穢 Korean gloss: 해롭고 더러움.
• 정예淨穢 Korean gloss: 깨끗함과 더러움.
• 예국穢國 Korean gloss: 풍습이 더러운 나라.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 穢

• 穢多えた eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
• 穢土えど this impure world (as opposed to the pure land); feces; faeces
• 汚穢おわい night soil; muck; filth
• 雑穢ぞうえ various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)
• 醜穢しゅうわい ugly and filthy
• 触穢しょくえ uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
• 穢身えしん defiled body; unenlightened person's body
• 汚穢屋おわいや person who gathers night soil
• 厭離穢土えんりえど abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
• 穢れのないけがれのない pure; clean; untouched

Characters sharing the phonetic 歲

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “예”

Other hanja with radical 禾