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Mythic Mandarin

污染 (wū rǎn): meaning and stroke order

污染 (wū rǎn) means to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.).

污染

Simplified
污染
Traditional
污染 (same form)
Pinyin
wū rǎn

Stroke order of 污染

污

  • wū variant of 污[wu1]
  • wū variant of 污[wu1]
  • wū dirty; filthy
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 汙

Stroke by stroke

染

  • rǎn to dye; to catch (a disease)
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 污染

  1. wū rǎn
    • to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.)

Radicals of the characters

污
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 6 strokes · 氵 on the left, 亏 on the right
染
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 9 strokes · 氿 on top, 木 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).