洗せん滌でき

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

Refers to washing or cleansing something thoroughly, often with water or a liquid. The medical sense of 'irrigation' (e.g., wound irrigation) is included. The spelling 洗滌 is now rare; 洗浄 is the usual modern form.

傷きず口ぐちを生せい理り食しょく塩えん水すいで洗せん浄じょうする。
Irrigate the wound with saline solution.

この洗せん剤ざいは油あぶら汚よごれの洗せん浄じょうに効こう果か的てきだ。

This detergent is effective for cleaning greasy dirt.

Written forms

洗滌
- せんじょう
  Formal or technical kanji spelling; 滌 is not a jōyō kanji. In modern Japanese, 洗浄 is the standard spelling for the same reading.
- せんでき
洗せん浄じょう
Standard modern spelling for せんじょう, replacing 洗滌 in most contexts.
せんでき

Kanji

洗wash, inquire into, probe
滌rinse, wash

Similar words

洗せん浄じょう
This is the standard modern spelling for the same word; 洗滌 is an older variant using a non-jōyō kanji.
洗あらう
A more common, everyday verb for 'to wash'. 洗滌/洗浄 is more formal or technical, often used in medical, industrial, or written contexts.

Etymology

The kanji 洗 means 'wash', and 滌 means 'cleanse' or 'rinse'. The reading せんじょう is the standard Sino-Japanese reading of the compound. The spelling 洗滌 is older; 滌 was replaced by the simpler 浄 (also meaning 'cleanse') in modern usage.