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Chinese symbol for “tub”

澡罐
zǎo guàn
tub (used for ablutions in a monastery)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tub is 澡罐 (zǎo guàn), defined as: tub (used for ablutions in a monastery).

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Characters and stroke order

澡 zǎo
to wash, to bathe
radical 85 ⽔ · 16 strokes
罐 guàn
jar, jug, pitcher, pot
radical 121 ⽸ · 23 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tub”

WordPinyinMeaning
杅yúbowl; tub

Related words

Other words that share a character with 澡罐.

WordPinyinMeaning
洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe; to take a shower
澡堂zǎo tángpublic baths
泡澡pào zǎoto bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
热水澡 (熱水澡)rè shuǐ zǎohot bath or shower
冲澡 (沖澡)chōng zǎoto take a shower
澡盆zǎo pénbath tub
罐头 (罐頭)guàn toutin; can
罐子guàn zijar; pitcher

See also: Japanese symbol for “tub”.

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.