Unicode: U+6D17

Pinyin: xǐ xiǎn

Definition

xǐ:* 用水去掉污垢。 ~脸。~涮。~涤。~澡。~心革面(喻彻底悔改)。 * 清除干净。 清~。 * 像水洗一样抢光,杀光。 ~劫。 * 昭雪冤枉。 ~雪。~冤。 * 照相的显影定影。 冲~。~印。 * 玩牌时把牌搀和整理。 ~牌。 * 基督教接受个人入教时的仪式。 受~。~礼。 * 盛水洗笔的器皿。 笔~。 * 把磁带上的录音或录像去掉。 xiǎn:* 同"冼"

wash, rinse; clean, purify

Structure

洗 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_6D17
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
84_ECE0

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC