Character: 洗
Modern (Beijing) reading: xǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: sǝ̄rʔ
Classic Old Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Western Han Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Eastern Han Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Middle Chinese: síej
English meaning : to wash, wash clean
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мыть, стирать; купать(ся); умывать(ся); 2) смыть (позор), реабилитировать(ся); 3) начисто, совершенно, до конца; 4) Си (фамилия)
Comments: See also 洒. In Viet. cf. perhaps also té 'to splash (water)'.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 7350
Karlgren code: 0478 j
Vietnamese reading: tâ`y
Jianchuan Bai: se1
Dali Bai: se1
