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洗 — to wash; to bathe; to develop

to wash; to bathe; to develop; to shuffle; to erase

Pinyin
xǐ · xiǎn
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — xǐ, xiǎn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 洗: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

洗 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 洗 in the HSK syllabus: 9

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop; to shuffle; to eraseHSK 2
  2. 洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory; washroomHSK 2
  3. 洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine; washerHSK 3
  4. 洗澡xǐzǎoto bathe; to take a showerHSK 3
  5. 清洗qīngxǐto wash; to rinse; to clean; to purge; to get rid ofHSK 6
  6. 洗漱xǐshùto wash the face and rinse the mouthHSK 6
  7. 冲洗chōngxǐto rinse; to wash; to developHSK 7–9
  8. 洗涤xǐdíto rinse; to wash; washingHSK 7–9
  9. 洗礼xǐlǐbaptismHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.