澡
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bath
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 水 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 澡
- Common rank
- #2,913
- Unicode
- U+6FA1
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Formation & memory
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How 澡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 meaning “water” + 喿 sound ()
Components 氵 喿
How to remember it
bath · Heisig RSH #2332
水 water + wood pulp
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 澡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热水澡 | hot bath or shower | |
| 澡身浴德 | to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation; cleanlines… | |
| 洗澡间 | bathroom; restroom; shower room; CL:間|间[jian1] | |
| 鸟澡盆 | birdbath | |
| 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 澡堂 | public baths | |
| 冲澡 | to take a shower | |
| 泡澡 | to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath | |
| 澡盆 | bath tub | |
| 擦澡 | to rub down with a wet towel; to give a sponge bath | |
| 澡巾 | scrub mitt; shower glove | |
| 澡塘 | communal bath; common pool in bath house | |
| 澡罐 | tub (used for ablutions in a monastery) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 喿 — compare how they read.