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    3. 垢

    垢

    垢あか

    dirt

    NTDaily LifeKanji9 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    あかはじ

    On'yomi

    コウク

    dirtgrimeearwax

    土后

    土
    丿
    厂
    口

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    域城塘垉逅坂埼培域均塘坂城坡垠垰埒埓圧壥

    Concepts using this kanji

    垢

    dirt

    無垢

    pure

    歯垢

    (dental) plaque

    本垢

    main account (on social media, etc.)

    目垢

    eye discharge

    手垢のついた

    thumb-marked

    手垢

    finger marks

    水垢

    fur

    別垢

    alternate account (on social media, etc.)

    金無垢

    pure gold

    副垢

    secondary account (on social media, etc.)

    垢光り

    shininess in clothing (from grime, wear, overuse, etc.)

    病み垢

    social media account that only posts negative things

    白無垢

    white kimono

    無垢材

    solid wood (as opposed to veneer)

    垢かき

    female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period)

    サブ垢

    secondary account (on social media, etc.)

    メイン垢

    main account (on social media, etc.)

    垢BAN

    account ban

    プレ垢

    premium account

    垢すり

    scrubbing grime off (the skin)

    水垢離

    cold-water ablutions (for spiritual purification)

    頭垢

    dandruff

    廃垢

    abandoned account (on social media, etc.)

    垢抜ける

    to be refined

    垢抜け

    refinement

    垢離

    cold-water ablutions

    垢染みる

    to become grimy or dirty

    純真無垢

    pure

    裏垢

    anonymous account (on social media; used alongside one's main account)

    複垢

    multiple accounts (e.g. on social media)

    垢衣

    dirty clothes

    捨て垢

    throwaway account

    耳垢

    earwax

    清浄無垢

    purity

    無垢清浄

    pure and innocent

    湯垢

    scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.)

    寒垢離

    cold-water ablutions performed in winter

    純粋無垢

    pure and innocent

    恥垢

    smegma

    爪の垢

    dirt under one's fingernails

    蓬頭垢面

    (with) unkempt hair and dirty face

    闇垢

    alternative account (on social media, etc.)

    鍵垢

    private account (on social media, esp. Twitter)

    膣垢

    vaginal smear

    垢嘗

    akaname

    垢膩

    dirt and grease

    爪の垢を煎じて飲む

    to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 厂
    • 口
    • 土

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    • 金無垢
    • 垢
    • 歯垢
    • 耳垢
    • 手垢
    • 無垢
    • 頭垢
    • 垢抜ける
    • 寒垢離
    • 純真無垢
    • 水垢
    • 水垢離
    • 清浄無垢
    • 湯垢
    • 目垢
    • 垢抜け
    • 垢離
    • 白無垢
    • 垢染みる
    • 純粋無垢
    • 蓬頭垢面
    • 無垢清浄
    • 無垢材
    • 恥垢
    • 垢すり
    • 爪の垢
    • 爪の垢を煎じて飲む
    • 垢膩
    • 垢かき
    • 膣垢
    • サブ垢
    • 別垢
    • 垢衣
    • 手垢のついた
    • 裏垢
    • 鍵垢
    • 垢嘗
    • 廃垢
    • 本垢
    • メイン垢
    • 垢光り
    • 垢BAN
    • 複垢
    • 闇垢
    • 捨て垢
    • 副垢
    • プレ垢
    • 病み垢

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    • 坡
    • 垠
    • 垰
    • 埒
    • 埓
    • 圧
    • 壥

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