Japanese Kanji

daku

voiced · uncleanness · wrong

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 16 strokes

Readings

  • ONダクdaku
  • ONジョクjoku
  • KUNにご.るnigo
  • KUNにご.すnigo

Meaning

Voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity.

Stroke order for 濁

濁 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 16 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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