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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