Chinese Character 洗 Meanings and components.

Form

洗

Meaning

洗 meaning[3] in English

To Wash.

To Bathe.

To Develop (Photo).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 洗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and early (先)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EHGU

How to write 洗

To write洗xi3to wash you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 先xian1early arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 先 = 洗

洗 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 洗 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 洗, looks as follow:

洗
Pinyin:xi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Wash . To Bathe . To Develop (Photo)
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
先
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Prior . Former . In Advance . First
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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