restroom

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
厂 meaning component

  Meaning component

hǎnchǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

则 sound component

  Sound component

  

rule

Evolution

厕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厕 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
厕 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
厕 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

toilet, lavatory; mingle with; restroom; toilet; lavatory

() 

see 茅廁|茅厕[máo​si]

() 

variant of |[cè]

Most common words with 厕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

厕所

toilet

restroom

公厕

public toilet

男厕

gents washroom

女厕

ladies washroom

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 17.7959% of movies

1548th most common character in movies

2920th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+5395


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