懂中文 Dong Chinese

秽

huì

dirty

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 岁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穢.

Components
禾 meaning component

禾  Meaning component

hé

  

grain stalk

岁 sound component

岁  Sound component

suì

  

year

Evolution

秽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
秽 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
秽 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

秽 (穢) 

huì

dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene; dirt; filth

Most common words with 秽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

淫秽

obscene

污秽

nasty

秽

dirt

污言秽语

filthy speech

秽语

obscene language