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洒 = 水 + 西

洒 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rinse”. It is built from 水 (water) and 西 (west). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2389.

Keyword
rinse
RTK frame
2389
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シャ, ソン, サイ, セン, セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すす.ぐ, あら.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
wash, полоскать
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
洒 sprinkle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 西 west

How to find 洒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “west”. 洒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 洒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.