洒
wash, sprinkle
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
20 of 27- 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
Study
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.