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

11 strokes
Radical:
tile
Parts:
bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn
Kun:
かめへい
On:
ビン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瓶 【ビン】 bottle, jar, decanter, flagon, phial, vial
  • 瓶詰め 【ビンヅメ】 bottling, bottled
  • 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
  • 水瓶 【スイビョウ】 portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)

Kun reading compounds

  • 甕 【かめ】 earthenware pot
  • 瓶覗 【かめのぞき】 faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)
  • 瓶 【へい】 jar or vase with a long narrow neck
  • 瓶子 【へいじ】 earthenware pot (used as a decanter), jar, jug
  • 大瓶 【たいへい】 large earthenware pot
  • 酒瓶 【さかびん】 sake bottle

Readings

Japanese names:
べ、 ぺ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ping2
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • botella
  • frasco
  • jarra
  • urna
  • tarro

Portuguese

  • Vaso de flores
  • garrafa
  • garrafinha
  • jarro
  • barril
  • cântaro

French

  • pot de fleurs
  • fiole
  • pot
  • pichet
  • cuve
  • urne
1747 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1665 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2984 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1538 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1388 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1161 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1217 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1822 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1324 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1702 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
908 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1041 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21486 Morohashi
1344 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3699 New Nelson (John Haig)
1032 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1109 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1464 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
956 2001 Kanji
2o9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
8141.7 Four corner code
1-41-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74f6 Unicode hex code