洗 — Chinese character
洗
xǐ
to bathe, to rinse, to wash
- Pinyin
- xǐ
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 先
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 先
- Japanese
- 洗 as a kanji
Common words with 洗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清洗 | qīng xǐ | to wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) |
| 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | to bathe; to take a shower |
| 洗脑 (洗腦) | xǐ nǎo | to brainwash |
| 洗礼 (洗禮) | xǐ lǐ | (lit. and fig.) baptism |
| 洗衣机 (洗衣機) | xǐ yī jī | washing machine; washer; 台 (tái) |
| 洗劫 | xǐ jié | to loot; to ransack; to pillage |
| 洗衣 | xǐ yī | laundry |
| 洗手 | xǐ shǒu | to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet |
| 洗手间 (洗手間) | xǐ shǒu jiān | toilet; lavatory |
| 洗钱 (洗錢) | xǐ qián | to launder money |
| 冲洗 (沖洗) | chōng xǐ | to rinse; to wash; (photography) to develop (film) |
| 洗涤 (洗滌) | xǐ dí | to rinse; to wash |
English words written with 洗
洗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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