huì

dirty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
禾 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

grain stalk

歲 sound component

  Sound component

suì

  

year

Evolution

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
穢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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huì

dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene; dirt; filth

Most common words with 穢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

淫秽

obscene

污秽

nasty

dirt

污言秽语

filthy speech

秽语

obscene language