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浊

zhuó

HSK 6 Character Traditional 濁

What 浊 means

1. turbid
2. muddy
3. impure

Words starting with 浊

• 浊世zhuó shìthe world in chaos; troubled times; the mortal world (Buddhism)
• 浊度zhuó dùturbidity
• 浊流zhuó liúturbid flow; muddy waters; fig. a contemptible person
• 浊酒zhuó jiǔunfiltered rice wine
• 浊音zhuó yīn(phonetics) voiced sound; sonant
• 浊塞音zhuó sè yīn(linguistics) voiced stop
• 浊积岩zhuó jī yánturbidite (geology)
• 浊辅音zhuó fǔ yīnvoiced consonant (linguistics)
• 浊臭熏天zhuó chòu xūn tiānstinks to high heaven

Words containing 浊

• 混浊hùn zhuóturbid; muddy; dirty
• 浑浊hún zhuómuddy; turbid
• 污浊wū zhuódirty; muddy; foul (sewer)
• 恶浊è zhuófilthy; foul
• 白浊bái zhuógonorrhea (TCM term); more commonly known as 淋病
• 稠浊chóu zhuónumerous and confused; forming a confused mass
• 激浊扬清jī zhuó yáng qīnglit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom)…
• 龌浊wò zhuófilthy; nasty; sordid
• 五浊wǔ zhuóthe five impurities (Buddhism)
• 扬清激浊yáng qīng jī zhuósee 激浊扬清
• 溷浊hùn zhuóvariant of 混浊

Characters built on 虫

These share the phonetic component 虫 (chóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 螺luóspiral shell; snail; conch
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓
• 蝈guōsmall green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)…
• 蠖huòlooper caterpillar
• 蠃luǒused in 蜾蠃

Characters that look like 浊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 泊pōlake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 洙zhūname of a river
• 涣huànto dissipate; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read zhuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 酌to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 卓outstanding
• 琢to cut (gems)
• 著used in 执著
• 啄to peck
• 灼to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
• 濯to wash; to cleanse of evil
• 擢to pull out; to select; to promote
• 斫to chop; to hack; to carve wood
• 着to wear (clothes); to contact; to use
• 镯bracelet
• 茁to display vigorous, new growth; to sprout