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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

濯: laundry, wash

Also: pour on, rinse

JLPT N217 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 翟 gives the sound

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

タクtaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 洗濯機せんたくきwashing machine
  • 洗濯物せんたくものclothes to be washed
  • 洗濯するせんたくするdo laundry
  • 洗濯せんたく

Also read すすぐ, ゆすぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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翟

Also built on 翟

濯 takes the 翟 family's reading, タク (taku).

Also read タク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
濯 laundry · 氵
vs曜 weekday · 日
濯 has 氵 where 曜 has 日.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhuó

Same form: 濯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
濯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
濯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhuó most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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