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厕

2 readings · tap one to hear it

(bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
8
Radical
厂 +6
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
厠
Common rank
#2,510
Unicode
U+5395

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Formation & memory

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How 厕 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

厂 meaning “building” + 则 sound ( zé )

Components 厂 则

How to remember it

toilet · Heisig RSH #1525

cliff + 则 rule

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 厕

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
上厕所 shàng cè suǒ to go to the bathroom
公厕 gōng cè public toilet
厕身 cè shēn (humble expression) to participate (in sth); to play a humble role in
如厕 rú cè to go to the toilet
女厕 nǚ cè women's restroom; women's toilet
毛厕 máo si variant of 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]
厕所 cè suǒ toilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4]
厕足 cè zú (literary) to participate in; to set foot in
厕纸 cè zhǐ toilet paper
坐厕垫 zuò cè diàn toilet seat
男厕 nán cè men's restroom; men's toilet
坐厕 zuò cè sitting toilet (contrasted with 蹲廁|蹲厕[dun1 ce4] squat toilet)
厕具 cè jù toilet fittings
茅厕 máo si (dialect) latrine
旱厕 hàn cè pit toilet
蹲厕 dūn cè squat toilet

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 则 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
则 sound part zé rule, law, regulation; grades
测 cè to survey, to measure; to estimate, to conjecture
侧 cè side; to slant, to lean, to incline
恻 cè anguished; sympathetic
鲗 zéi cuttlefish