Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
wash, inquire into, probe
Kun:
あら.う
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1168 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 洗 【セン】 washing machine, (clothes) washer
  • 洗剤 【センザイ】 detergent, cleanser, cleaning agent, washing material
  • 水洗 【スイセン】 washing with water, rinsing, flushing
  • 杯洗 【ハイセン】 small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed

Kun reading compounds

  • 洗う 【あらう】 to wash, to cleanse, to rinse, to inquire into, to investigate, to purify (one's heart), to lave (e.g. shore), to wash over (e.g. deck), to sweep

Readings

Japanese names:
あらい、 らい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
se, seon

Spanish

  • lavar
  • limpiar
  • aclarar
  • investigar
  • indagar

Portuguese

  • lavar
  • indagar
  • sondar

French

  • laver
  • fouiller
  • examiner
927 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
916 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
626 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2551 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
925 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
210 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
817 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
692 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
198 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1189 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
465 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
255 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17379 Morohashi
388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3131 New Nelson (John Haig)
249 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
264 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
888 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3411.1 Four corner code
1-32-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d17 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
laundry, wash, pour on, rinse
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1698 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乾燥洗濯 【カンソウセンタク】 dry cleaning
  • 鬼のいぬまに洗濯 【オニノイヌマニセンタク】 playing while the cat is away, taking a break while the boss is out, doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone, relaxing while the demon is out

Kun reading compounds

  • 濯ぐ 【すすぐ】 to rinse, to wash out, to have one's revenge, to wipe out a disgrace
  • 濯ぐ 【すすぐ】 to rinse, to wash out, to have one's revenge, to wipe out a disgrace

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo2
Korean:
tag

Spanish

  • lavar
  • enjuagar
  • aclarar

Portuguese

  • lavanderia
  • lavar
  • verter em
  • enxáguar

French

  • lessive
  • laver
  • rincer
  • verser
1556 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1699 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2718 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
710 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2609 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1561 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1664 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
301 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1257 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
978 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
584 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18532X Morohashi
793 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3360 New Nelson (John Haig)
577 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1871 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
375 2001 Kanji
3a14.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-14 SKIP code
3711.4 Four corner code
1-34-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6fef Unicode hex code

22 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
Variants:
basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
Kun:
かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む
On:
ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 牢 【ロウ】 prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong
  • 籠球 【ロウキュウ】 basketball
  • 蒸籠 【セイロ】 bamboo steamer, steaming basket, wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot, soba served on a small wickerwork tray, wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
  • 灯籠 【トウロウ】 garden lantern, hanging lantern

Kun reading compounds

  • 籠 【かご】 basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage
  • 籠で水を汲む 【かごでみずをくむ】 to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, to scoop water with a basket
  • 相合駕籠 【あいあいかご】 two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)
  • ほい駕籠 【ほいかご】 crude palanquin, street palanquin
  • 込める 【こめる】 to load (a gun, etc.), to charge, to put into (e.g. emotion, effort), to include (e.g. tax in a sales price), to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen
  • 籠もる 【こもる】 to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell), to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with, to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense, to be muffled (e.g. voice), to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.), to confine oneself in a temple to pray

Readings

Japanese names:
ごめ、 もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2, long3
Korean:
rong

Spanish

  • cesto
  • canasta
  • palanquín
  • confinarse
  • recluirse
  • confinar
  • recluir
  • engatusar
  • seducir

Portuguese

French

3458 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2977 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1888 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3398 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2383 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26752 Morohashi
2734 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4376 New Nelson (John Haig)
6f16.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-16 SKIP code
8821.1 Four corner code
8871.6 Four corner code
1-68-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c60 Unicode hex code