濁る

にごる · nigoru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to become muddy

💧 濁 = 氵 (water radical) + 蜀 (sound part): a water word for water that has turned murky

The water radical 氵 shows this is about liquid. Nigoru also means impure or cloudy, and the same verb gives the name 濁点 (dakuten) for the mark that voices a consonant.

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