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JLPT N4 · Things happen

汚れる

よごれる

to get dirty

Stroke order of 汚れる

3 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

汚 · 6 strokesれ · 2 strokesる · 1 strokes

Memory trick

Water (氵) with a muddy bend (于): something stained turning dirty.

Parts: 汚 dirty + れる kana

The characters in 汚れる

  • れ れ — re (2 strokes)
  • る る — ru (1 strokes)

Example sentence

靴が泥で汚れました。

くつがどろでよごれました。

My shoes got dirty with mud.

Words with 汚

汚いdirty汚れdirt; stain汚すto make dirty汚染pollution

More words: Things happen

割れるto break; to crack壊れるto be broken壊すto break; to destroy燃えるto burn焼くto bake; to grill焼けるto be burnt; to be grilled揺れるto shake; to sway起こるto happen止むto stop (rain etc.)盗むto steal逃げるto run away

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