廁

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

厕

🇨🇳

toilet

HSK 10

Objects →Buildings

cè

シ、ショク

かわや

치, 측

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 則 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (廁)

广 roof+ 則 rule =

廁 toilet

广 Meaning component

yǎn roof

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

則 Phonetic component

rule

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Simplified (厕)

厂 cliff (radical)+ 则 law =

厕 restroom

厂 Meaning component

hǎn cliff (radical)

"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc

则 Phonetic component

zé law

rule, law, regulation

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

廁

Regular

Modern

Chinese

厕 / 廁 [cè]

restroom; toilet; lavatory

厕 / 廁 [sì]

see 茅廁|茅厕[máosi]

Japanese

厠かわや同音

noun dated privy; toilet

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (14)

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