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

12 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
vinegar, sour, acid, tart
Kun:
On:
サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1955 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酢酸 【サクサン】 acetic acid
  • 酢酸エチル 【サクサンエチル】 ethyl acetate
  • 木酢 【モクサク】 wood vinegar, pyroligneous acid
  • 鉛酢 【エンサク】 Goulard's extract, subacetate of lead, vinegar of lead

Kun reading compounds

  • 酢 【す】 vinegar
  • 酢の物 【すのもの】 vinegared dish, pickled dish
  • お酢 【おす】 vinegar
  • 合成酢 【ごうせいす】 synthetic vinegar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo4
Korean:
cho, jag

Spanish

  • vinagre
  • agrio
  • ácido

Portuguese

  • vinagre
  • azedo
  • ácido
  • picante

French

  • vinaigre
  • aigre
  • acide
  • sur (goût)
1300 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1633 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4783 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1605 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1654 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1867 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2027 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1592 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1792 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1910 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1446 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39824 Morohashi
1516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1434 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1596 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3254 2001 Kanji
7e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
1861.1 Four corner code
1-31-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9162 Unicode hex code