污wū
filthy, dirty; polluted, impure. 6 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin wūStrokes 6Radical 氵Band HSK 5Words 2
How to write 污
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–6 write 亏.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 污 · the stroke-order rules
What 污 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 亏 (kuī, to lose).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 亏 carries the sound.
Words that use 污
| 污染 | pollution 指有害物质使环境受到破坏 村民彻底杜绝垃圾污染。The villagers completely stopped trash pollution. Lesson 498, 碧水安澜 · 清源正本与和乐岁丰 · Clean Springs & Flourishing Countryside |
| 污水 | sewage, wastewater 指含有污物、不能直接使用的水 村民彻底杜绝工业污水。The villagers completely stopped industrial wastewater. Lesson 498, 碧水安澜 · 清源正本与和乐岁丰 · Clean Springs & Flourishing Countryside |
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.