洒 – wash, sprinkle

9 strokes#2440 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 洒 means wash, sprinkle. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ、ソン、サイ、セン、セイ (sha, son, sai, sen, sei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すす.ぐ、あら.う (susugu, arau). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
On’yomi	ソン	son
On’yomi	サイ	sai
On’yomi	セン	sen
On’yomi	セイ	sei
Kun’yomi	すす.ぐ	susugu
Kun’yomi	あら.う	arau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・西.

Words using 洒

お洒落おしゃれstylish洒落しゃれjoke洒落るしゃれるto dress stylishly

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.