秽 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “dirty”. It is written from 禾 (grain; standing grain) and 岁 (year; year of age), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.
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Structure
禾 + 岁
Left–right structure
Structure from: 现代字形拆分，以 hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验：11 画 = 禾 5 画 + 岁 6 画；部首取康熙 115 禾部；右侧 岁 suì 与 huì 声母不合，无可追溯依据不标为声符
Memory aid
Grain (禾) left sitting for years (岁) goes rotten — that stale mess is filth.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 污秽wū huìfilthy; foul; filth秽 = huì
- 秽物huì wùfilth; dirt; excrement秽 = huì
- 淫秽yín huìobscene; pornographic秽 = huì
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All readings
dirty; filthy
dirty; filthy; foul; filth; obscene
肮脏；不干净。也指脏东西或丑恶的行为。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 污秽wū huìfilthy; foul; filth秽 = huì
- 秽物huì wùfilth; dirt; excrement秽 = huì
- 淫秽yín huìobscene; pornographic秽 = huì
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 秽 mean?
秽 (huì) means dirty; filthy; foul; filth; obscene.
How do you pronounce 秽?
It is pronounced huì.
What parts is 秽 made of?
禾 (grain; standing grain) and 岁 (year; year of age), side by side. The recorded source is: 现代字形拆分，以 hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验：11 画 = 禾 5 画 + 岁 6 画；部首取康熙 115 禾部；右侧 岁 suì 与 huì 声母不合，无可追溯依据不标为声符. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 秽 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 秽?
禾. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 秽?
Common ones are 污秽 and 秽物. The reading of 秽 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.