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汰

washing
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingタ、タイ
Kun readingおご.る、にご.る、よな.げる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. washing
    彼は若い時、とやかく取り沙汰された。When he was young, he was the talk of town.tatoeba
    彼の行為はまさしく狂気の沙汰だった。His conduct was nothing short of madness.tatoeba
  2. sieving
  3. filtering
  4. weeding out
  5. luxury
  6. cleanseRtK

Popular Usage

御無沙汰

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · plump · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 149

Compound words

ご無沙汰ごぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
沙汰さた
affair
淘汰とうた
weeding out
糂汰じんだ
salted rice-bran paste for pickling
音沙汰おとさた
news (from someone)
性淘汰せいとうた
sexual selection
ご不沙汰ごぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while
血縁淘汰けつえんとうた
kin selection
御不沙汰ごぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while
裁判沙汰さいばんざた
matter for the court
雌雄淘汰しゆうとうた
sexual selection
自然淘汰しぜんとうた
natural selection
社会淘汰しゃかいとうた
social selection
取り沙汰とりざた
talk (of the town)
人為淘汰じんいとうた
artificial selection
人員淘汰じんいんとうた
personnel reduction
整理淘汰せいりとうた
reorganizing an industry or enterprise and weeding out redundant workers
暴力沙汰ぼうりょくざた
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
烏滸の沙汰おこのさた
stupidity

Additional Examples

彼からは殴り書きの手紙が一通届いただけで、その後音沙汰が無い。
I got a scribbled note from him, but haven't heard from him since.tatoeba
彼がしたことは狂気の沙汰としか言いようがなかった。
What he did was nothing less than madness.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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