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洗 = 先 + 水

洗 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wash”. It is built from 先 (before) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 264.

Keyword
wash
RTK frame
264
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あら.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стирать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
洗 wash

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 先 before
  2. 水 water

How to find 洗 without knowing its reading

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

Open 洗 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.