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洒

wash, sprinkle

FrequencyTop 5,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • シャ
  • ソン
  • サイ
  • セン
  • セイ

Kun'yomi

  • すす.ぐ
  • あら.う

Meaning

洒 centers on cleansing with liquid: washing something clean or sprinkling water lightly over a surface.

Most common words using 洒

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  • お洒落おしゃれ
    N3

    stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic; smartly dressed; careful about one's appearance

  • 洒落しゃれ
    N2

    joke; pun; jest; witticism; wordplay

  • 駄洒落だじゃれ

    feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun

  • 瀟洒しょうしゃ

    stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim; neat

  • 洒脱しゃだつ

    sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained

  • 洒落るしゃれる
    N1

    to dress stylishly

  • 洒落しゃらく
    N1

    free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

  • お洒落さんおしゃれさん

    fashionable person

  • お洒落上手おしゃれじょうず

    being good at dressing fashionably; good dresser

  • 円滑洒脱えんかつしゃだつ

    being smooth, free and easy; refined and unconventional

  • 小洒落たこじゃれた

    a little stylish; chic; trendy

  • 小洒落るこじゃれる

    to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic

  • 悪洒落わるじゃれ

    offensive joke

  • 洒々落々しゃしゃらくらく

    free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed

  • 洒掃さいそう

    scrubbing (with water); cleaning

  • 洒洒しゃしゃ

    quick

  • 洒落しゃら

    impertinent

  • 洒落たしゃれた

    stylish; smart; tasteful; fashionable

  • 洒落っ気しゃれっけ

    fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish

  • 洒落にならないしゃれにならない

    not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

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Etymology

洒 combines 氵 (water) with 西, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses washing or sprinkling with water.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 on the left and 西 on the right: picture water being sprinkled westward, washing the ground clean.

Reading mnemonic

For シャ, imagine washing a shawl under a gentle sprinkle of water: shawl -> シャ, and the water cleans it.