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洗

xǐ

wash

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 先 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

先 sound component

先  Sound component

xiān

  

first

Evolution

洗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
洗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

洗  

xǐ

wash, rinse; clean, purify; to wash; to bathe; to develop (photo)

Most common words with 洗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洗

to wash

洗澡

to bathe

洗手间

toilet

清洗

to wash

洗衣

laundry

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤərʔ

sejX

xǐ

wash

*sˤərʔ

senX

xiǎn

wash


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 53.3878% of movies

727th most common character in movies

1247th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+6D17

Shuowen

“洗，洒足也。从水，先聲。”


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