洗
wash; inquire into; probe
9 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1168.
Readings
- セン (on reading): 洗濯 (せんたく) washing; 洗濯物 (せんたくもの) laundry
- あらう (kun reading): 洗う (あらう) to wash; 皿洗い (さらあらい) washing-up
- Read as a whole word: 御手洗川 (みたらしがわ) river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
Components
- 氵
- 先
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 儿 radical legs
- 土 radical earth
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
Words using 洗
- 洗濯 (せんたく) washing
- 洗濯物 (せんたくもの) laundry
- 洗濯機 (せんたくき) washing machine
- 洗剤 (せんざい) detergent
- 洗礼 (せんれい) baptism
- 洗う (あらう) to wash
- 皿洗い (さらあらい) washing-up
- 洗い物 (あらいもの) things to be washed
- お手洗い (おてあらい) toilet
- 手洗い (てあらい) washing one's hands
- 御手洗川 (みたらしがわ) river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
- 洗牌 (シーパイ) shuffling of tiles
166 words in all.