EntryCommonJLPT N2WaniKani 34
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain

    その本を汚さないように扱ってくれるなら、貸してあげるよ。
    You may borrow this book as long as you keep it clean.
  2. to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

    esp. けがす

Also written 穢す【けがす】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

Kun
けが.すけが.れるけが.らわしいよご.すよご.れるきたな.い
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
908 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 32

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-3, 1-3-4SKIP code
3a3.5The Kanji Dictionary
3112.7Four corner code
352deroo
6c5aUnicode hex code
1-17-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2494Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3047New Nelson (John Haig)
222New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
258Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
163Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
196Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1245Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1334Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1246A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1531Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17133Morohashi
1031A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
693Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
706Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
666Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1083Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
907Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1158Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1253Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu1Pinyin reading
oKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level