洗

wash, bathe

洗 is composed of the radical 水 (water) and 先 (first, ahead). 水 is a pictograph of a river, while 先 depicts a person extending their foot. Thus, 洗 portrays a person cleaning dirt from their feet in a river, carrying the meaning of washing or cleansing.

Vocabulary of 洗

洗劫 (ransack)
洗澡 (bathing)
洗手間 (toilet)

Classification

Related Characters:

water 5汁juice 5永

forever 5河river 5氾

flood 6汐tide 6汎

flood 6污filth 6汙filth 6池

pond 6汔dry 7決decide 7汪

expanse of water 7沆

sail 7沃fertile 7沙sand 7求

request 7汽steam 7泛

float 8泌secrete 8沽buy 8泳

swim 8泡bubble 8沓many 8踏tread 8注

leak 8沿along 8波wave 8泯obliterate 8泠limpid 8泗nasal mucus 8泊

docking 8泥mud 8治govern 8沾

moisten 8法law 9派tributary of river 9津ferry crossing 9洽

gushing 9洗wash 9泉

fountain 9活live 9洼

sunken 9洞cave 9洛name of river 9洌clear 9洋ocean 10涌rush 10浪

wave 10酒wine 10浣

wash 10浩grand 10涉wade 10涂road 10浴bath 10消disappear 10海sea 10涎

saliva 10浦shore 10流flow 11淫soak 11清clear 11淆confused 11涸dry 11淺shallow 11渉wade 11淘wash 11涼

shore 11淥clear water 11液liquid 11深deep 11渚islet 12湧rush 12湖lake 12渾entire 12湯hot or boiling water 12游drifting in the water 12渣dregs 12渺tiny 12滑slide 12測measure 12湍rush 12溲urinate 12減reduce 12渙

dissipate 12渲wash 13源

source 13溶dissolve 13溢

overflow 13滄vast 13滅extinguish 13漠desert 14漂float 14漾ripple 14滴drip 14漲rise 14漁

fishing 14漫unrestrained 14演

evolve 14漓seep through 14滷brine 14漢river 14漬soak 15漿broth 15潑splash 15澄clear 15潘

surname 15潮tide 15滕

pour 16澡bath 16濁impure 16澶still water 16濃dense 16澤pool 17濫excessive 17濕wet 17濡moisten 17濛drizzle 18濺splash 21灌

pour 22灘beach 24灝