汚染

See also: 污染 and 汙染

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 汚染 – see 污染 (“to pollute; to contaminate”). (This term is a variant form of 污染).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汚	染
お Grade: S	せん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おせん [òséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

汚(お)染(せん) • (osen)

pollution; contamination

Derived terms

熱汚染(ねつおせん) (netsuosen)
大気汚染(たいきおせん) (taikiosen)
環境汚染(かんきょうおせん) (kankyōosen)
化学汚染(かがくおせん) (kagakuosen)
土壌汚染(どじょうおせん) (dojōosen)
複合汚染(ふくごうおせん) (fukugōosen)
海洋汚染(かいようおせん) (kaiyōosen)
水質汚染(すいしつおせん) (suishitsuosen)
自家汚染(じかおせん) (jikaosen)
農薬汚染(のうやくおせん) (nōyakuosen)
放射能汚染(ほうしゃのうおせん) (hōshanōosen)
遺伝子汚染(いでんしおせん) (idenshiosen)
地下水汚染(ちかすいおせん) (chikasuiosen)
ハイテク汚染(おせん) (haitekuosen)
バックグラウンド汚染(おせん) (bakkuguraundōsen)

See also

公害(こうがい) (kōgai, “pollution”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“汚染”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
汚	染

Noun

汚染 • (oyeom) (hangeul 오염)

hanja form^? of 오염 (“pollution; contamination”)