17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

filthy

Kun'yomi
  • けがれる
  • れる
On'yomi
  • セツ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

セツ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

filthy
セツ けが.れる な.れる (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
round, full (month), perfection
まる ガン ま (2nd, N2)
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

mundane
at ordinary times and on special occasions
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References

Unicode hex code 893B
JIS X 0208 1-74-88
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 334
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5491
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 34536
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2j15.1
Four corner code 0073.2