洗 xǐ to wash; to bathe
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 先 xiān first; before ]Made with 9 strokes.
Water gives the idea of washing and 'xian-first' is the phonetic
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Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) ; 港 gǎng (harbor) ; 海 hǎi (sea) ; 汗 hàn (perspiration) ; 汉 hàn (chinese) ; 河 hé (river) ; 洪 hóng (flood) ; 湖 hú (lake) ; 活 huó (to live) ; 济 jì (to cross a river) ; 江 jiāng (river) ; 津 jīn (ferry crossing) ; 酒 jiǔ (wine) ; 满 mǎn (to fill) ; 没 méi (have not) ; 泡 pào (bubble) ; 汽 qì (steam) ; 浅 qiǎn (shallow) ; 清 qīng (clear) ; 涉 shè (to wade) ; 演 yǎn (to develop) ; 渔 yú (fishing) ; 泽 zé (pool) ; 治 zhì (to rule) ; 洲 zhōu (region)
Sounds same
匸 xǐ (box; bag) ; 喜 xǐ (to be fond of)Different tone
西 xī (west) ; 夕 xī (sunset) ; 锡 xī (to bestow) ; 习 xí (to practice) ; 系 xì (system)Pronunciation
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