Taxonomy of meanings for 污 / 汙:　　

  • 污 wù (OC: qʷlaas MC: ʔuo) 烏路切 去 廣韻：【 】
  • 污 wū (OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo) 哀都切 平 廣韻：【同洿又一故切 】
    • MUD
      • nmmud, dirt
      • feature>MOIST
        • featureDIRTY
          • nabstativefilth; dirtiness
          • vadNstagnant (water, pond); murky, dirty, infamous
          • vadVimproperly, dirtily
          • vibe soiled; be dirty
          • vtoNcausativemake dirty, soil
          • vtoNcausativebe made dirty
          • generalised>DIRTY
            • nabstativefilth; dirtiness
            • vadNstagnant (water, pond); murky, dirty, infamous
            • vadVimproperly, dirtily
            • vibe soiled; be dirty
            • vtoNcausativemake dirty, soil
            • vtoNcausativebe made dirty
            • moral>WICKED
              • vadNinfamous, morally impure and defiled
              • vihave blemishes; have faults; be morally impure, defiled; be infamous
              • viactindulge in wicked practices
    • 汙 wù (OC: qʷlaas MC: ʔuo) 烏路切 去 廣韻：【染也説文穢也烏路切又音烏四 】
      • derived word: causative>DIRTY
        • nabstativefilth; dirtiness
        • vadNstagnant (water, pond); murky, dirty, infamous
        • vadVimproperly, dirtily
        • vibe soiled; be dirty
        • vtoNcausativemake dirty, soil
        • vtoNcausativebe made dirty
      • derived word: related action>WASH
        • PLACE NAMES
        • 汙 yú (OC: ɢʷra MC: ɦio) 羽俱切 平 廣韻：【水名又屋孤烏故二切 】
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          Additional information about 污

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            Criteria
          • HIGH

            1. The manifestly dominant general word is gāo 高 (ant. bēi 卑 "low" and xià 下 "low") which refers to concrete as well as abstract elevation.

            2. Shàng 上 (ant. xià 下 "lower") refers to the relatively high position of something, both abstractly and concretely.

            3. Chóng 崇 (ant. bēi 卑 "lowly") and lóng 隆 (ant. wū 污 ) adds the notion of impressiveness to that of high elevation.

            4. Qiáo 喬 refers specifically to the imposing tallness of trees.

            5. Jùn 峻, wéi 巍, yán 巖, é 峨 are among the large number of poetic words referring to the imposing height of mountains.

            6. Wēi 危 adds to the notion of the imposing (almost threatening) hight of something that of steepness of the slope, and the difficulty of access.

            7. Lóng 隆 refers to imposing and impressive height, typically - but not always - of something artificial.

          • PURE

            1. The standard general term for purity is chún 純 (ant. zá 雜 "mixed").

            2. Sù 素 (ant. huá 華 "well-adorned") adds to the notion of purity that of the unadulaterated original state of something.

            3. Qīng 清 (ant. zhuó 濁 "dirty, impure") and the rarer chéng 澂 emphasises the absence of any admixtures that might make something less transparent and translucent.

            4. Jìng 淨 (ant. wū 污 "impure") emphasises the unsullied state of something and the absence specifically of dirt.

            5. Chè 澈 (ant. hún 渾 "murky") focusses on perfect transparency.

            6. Jié 潔 / 絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refer abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish.

            7. Chún 醇 (bó 駁 "mixed") refers specifically to the undiluted state of wine but the word is also used in generalised senses of purity.

          • WICKED

            1. The most current and general word for wickedness is probably è 惡 (ant. shàn 善 "good"), but it must be noted that in early texts the word is more current in the meaning of physical ugliness.

            2. Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity.

            3. Suì 祟 (ant. xiáng 祥 "of the good innocuous kind") refers to sinister supernatural wicked forces operating in the human world.

            4. Yāo 妖 (ant. jí 吉 "of a generally auspicious nature") typically implies nuances of seductive or beguiling qualities coexisting with wickedness.

            5. Jiān 姦 (ant. liáng 良 "of the good sort, decent") refers to sheer human depravity with no supernatural or sinister overtones.

            6. Chǒu 醜 (ant. měi 美 "of commendable moral quality") often refers to something rather like moral ugliness and depravity in early texts, but from Han times onwards the word comes to refer to physical ugliness].

            7. Qū 曲 (ant. duān 端 "straight and unwarped") refers to warped crookedness and lack of moral straightness.

            8. Wú 污 (ant. jié 潔 "morally pure and spotless") refers to moral defilement or moral impurity.

            9. Liè 劣 (ant. ) refers to moral inferiority as opposed to excellence.

            10. Pì 僻 (ant. ) refers to

            11. Jiāo 姣 refers to wickedness coupled with cunning, scheming and malice.

            12. Xiǎn 險 is occasionally used to refer to the type of wickedness that is a danger to the group or the state.

            13. Wāi 歪 (ant. zhí 直 "morally straight") refers to wickedness under the image of moral warpedness and and deviation from a straight proper norm.

            14. Xiōng 凶 refers to a baneful wickedness that bodes ill for the future.

            15. Chǐ 恥 refers to something that is a public disgrace. See SHAME.

          • DIRTY

            1. The current general word for uncleanness and dirt, both concrete and abstract, is wū 污 / 汙 (ant. jié 潔 "clean").

            2. Zhuó 濁 (ant qīng 清 "clear and pure") typically refers to physical states of dirtiness, but there are occasional usages like zhuó lì 濁吏 "morally impure official".

            3. Huì 穢 can refer to physical dirt, but the word is also used abstractly to refer to what is vulgar and morally distasteful.

            4. Hún 混 refers to an admixture of dirt rather than to the presence of dirt on some surface.

            5. Gòu 垢 refers to the presence of physical dirt on some surface.

            Word relations
          • Ant: (DIRTY)潔 / 絜 / 潔絜洁/PURE Jié 潔/絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refers abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish.
          • Ant: (DIRTY)潔 / 絜 / 潔絜洁/PURE Jié 潔/絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refers abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish.
          • Assoc: (WICKED)愚/STUPID The dominant word is yú 愚 (ant. zhì 智 "clever; wise"), and the word refers to intellectual obtuseness as well as practical ineptitude.
          • Assoc: (WICKED)穢/WICKED
          • Assoc: (WICKED)辱/DISGRACE Rǔ 辱 refers to public humiliation and public disgrace typically caused by overt actions or reactions of others.
          • Assoc: (DIRTY)玷/DEFECT
          • Assoc: (DIRTY)玷/DEFECT
          • Assoc: (WICKED)貪/GREEDY The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy").
          • Assoc: (WICKED)邪/WICKED Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity.