洗

Meaning

Wash · lavar

Readings

• On (音読み): セン
• Kun (訓読み): あら.う

Example words

• 洗う（あらう）— to wash
• 洗濯（せんたく）— laundry
• お手洗い（おてあらい）— restroom

Structure

Radical 水 written as 氵 here (スイ・みず · Water; canonical form of 氵) · 9 strokes · school grade 6

Watch out

Water + 先. Hands, dishes and faces are 洗う; doing the laundry (hacer la colada) is 洗濯する. No reflexive: lavarse las manos is just 手を洗う. お手洗い (hand-washing place) is the polite word for toilet.