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HANZI DESK

洗

xǐ

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xǐ · sai2 (Jyutping)

  1. to wash; to bathe
  2. to develop (photographs)
  3. to shuffle (cards etc)
  4. to erase (a recording)

xiǎn

  1. used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

洗

Meaning
wash, rinse; clean, purify
Radical
氵
Strokes
9
Components
⿰氵先
Cangjie
EHGU
Four-corner
3411.1

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