Kanji
濁
N1
16 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1883
voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity
On'yomi (音読み)
ダク、 ジョク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
にご.る、 にご.す
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
汚濁
おだく
pollution; contamination
濁流
だくりゅう
muddy stream
懸濁液
けんだくえき
suspension (mixture)
懸濁
けんだく
suspension (state)
濁度
だくど
turbidity
清濁併呑
せいだくへいどん
being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades
濁度計
だくどけい
turbidity meter; nephelometer
水質汚濁防止法
すいしつおだくぼうしほう
Water Pollution Prevention Act
油濁
ゆだく
oil pollution (in rivers, seas, etc.); oil spill
白濁液
はくだくえき
semen; sperm
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
濁る
にごる
to become muddy; to become cloudy
濁す
にごす
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy
濁り
にごり
muddiness; murkiness
言葉を濁す
ことばをにごす
to be vague; to speak ambiguously
濁った頭
にごったあたま
light head; vague head
濁った世の中
にごったよのなか
this corrupt world
濁り水
にごりみず
muddy water
茶を濁す
ちゃをにごす
to evade (questions); to reply evasively
お茶を濁す
おちゃをにごす
to evade (questions); to reply evasively
飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず
とぶとりあとをにごさず
it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave
Example sentences
彼（かれ）の英語（えいご）の発音（はつおん）って、なんかにごってない？
His English has a murky, muddled sound to it, don't you think?
尿（にょう）の色（いろ）が濁（にご）っています。
My urine is cloudy.
水面（すいめん）から飛び立（とびた）つ鳥（とり）は努（つと）めてあとを濁（にご）さぬようにする。
A bird flying out of the water is careful not to cause turbulence.