洗xǐ
to bathe, to rinse, to wash. 9 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 洗
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–9 write 先.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 洗 · the stroke-order rules
What 洗 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 先 (xiān, first).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 先 carries the sound.
Words that use 洗
| 洗澡 | to bathe 指用水清洗全身 他痛快地洗澡驱散疲惫。He bathed refreshingly to shake off fatigue. Lesson 78, 洗澡 · 怀瑾握瑜与笃行致远 · Living Integrity, Broad Horizons & Harmonious Routine |
| 清洗 | to wash out, rinse 指用水洗干净 大家倾向于先做清洗，河道很快恢复了清洁。Everyone leaned towards washing it out first. Lesson 631, 河水复清 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
| 洗衣机 | washing machine 指用来清洗衣物的机器 他把衣物投进洗衣机。He put the clothes into the washing machine. Lesson 79, 问路 · 怀瑾握瑜与笃行致远 · Living Integrity, Broad Horizons & Harmonious Routine |
| 洗衣粉 | washing powder 指洗衣服用的粉状清洁剂 有人嫌洗衣粉气味太重。Someone objected that the washing powder smelled too strong. Lesson 661, 细菌研究 · 笃志博雅与通达四海 · Scholarly Diligence & Global Connections |
Characters that share the sound part 先
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.