cè, sì
restroom
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 則 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 廁
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
toilet | ||
restroom | ||
public toilet | ||
gents washroom | ||
ladies washroom |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[tsʰ]rək-s | tsrhiH | cè | latrine |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 17.7959% of movies
1548th most common character in movies
2920th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5EC1 |
Shuowen | “廁，清也。从广，則聲。” |
Sources
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