澡zǎo
to wash, to bathe. 16 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin zǎoStrokes 16Radical 氵Band HSK 2Words 1
What 澡 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 喿 (zào, the sound of birds chirping).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 喿 carries the sound.
How to write 澡
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–16 write 喿.
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 澡
Words that use 澡
| 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 |
Characters that share the sound part 喿
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 75 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.