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洗

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 877 / 2,608

Wash

On’yomi
せん
Kun’yomi
あら
Radical
水 Water (Kangxi 85)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 寺 (Temple), less common than 禁 (Prohibit).

A tsunami on the left crashes into previous on the right — the tsunami washes away everything previous, leaving it all clean and freshly washed.

In words

洗う あらう to washN5
洗濯 せんたく washingN5
洗剤 せんざい detergent,washing materialN2

洗 is rank 877 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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