Chinese symbol for “restroom”
厕
cè
Traditional: 廁
(bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in
The closest CC-CEDICT match for restroom is 厕 (cè), defined as: (bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “restroom”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 厕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厕所 (廁所) | cè suǒ | toilet; lavatory; 间 (jiān),处 (chù) |
| 公厕 (公廁) | gōng cè | public toilet |
| 如厕 (如廁) | rú cè | to go to the toilet |
| 女厕 (女廁) | nǚ cè | women's restroom; women's toilet |
| 茅厕 (茅廁) | máo si | (dialect) latrine |
| 厕纸 (廁紙) | cè zhǐ | toilet paper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “restroom”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.