澡 — Chinese character
澡
zǎo
to wash, to bathe
- Pinyin
- zǎo
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 氵 喿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 喿
- Japanese
- 澡 as a kanji
Common words with 澡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | to bathe; to take a shower |
| 澡堂 | zǎo táng | public baths |
| 泡澡 | pào zǎo | to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath |
| 热水澡 (熱水澡) | rè shuǐ zǎo | hot bath or shower |
| 冲澡 (沖澡) | chōng zǎo | to take a shower |
| 澡盆 | zǎo pén | bath tub |
| 洗澡间 (洗澡間) | xǐ zǎo jiān | bathroom; restroom |
| 澡塘 | zǎo táng | communal bath; common pool in bath house |
| 擦澡 | cā zǎo | to rub down with a wet towel; to give a sponge bath |
| 澡巾 | zǎo jīn | scrub mitt; shower glove |
| 澡罐 | zǎo guàn | tub (used for ablutions in a monastery) |
| 澡身浴德 | zǎo shēn yù dé | to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation; cleanliness is next to godliness |
English words written with 澡
澡 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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.