U+6D17 "洗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
洗
U+6D17 "洗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to wash" or "to cleanse." It is composed of the water radical (氵) on the left, indicating its association with liquids, and a phonetic component on the right that suggests its pronunciation, which in Mandarin is "xǐ." This ideograph is commonly used in words related to washing, such as "洗手" (to wash hands) or "洗脸" (to wash face), and it appears frequently in both modern and classical Chinese texts. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, allowing for accurate display and input of this essential character in East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6D17 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 洗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 洗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB4 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6D17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006D17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6d17 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AC7E |
| kCCCII | 214743 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5223 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5223 |
| kCangjie | EHGU |
| kCantonese | sai2 |
| kCihaiT | 786.401 |
| kCowles | 3587 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1016.010 |
| kDefinition | wash, rinse; clean, purify |
| kEACC | 214743 |
| kFanqie | 先禮 蘇典 |
| kFenn | 39A |
| kFennIndex | 161.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3411.1 |
| kGB0 | 4720 |
| kGB1 | 4720 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0478j |
| kHangul | 선:N 세:0E |
| kHanYu | 31608.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xǐ(288) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31608.080:xiǎn,xǐ |
| kHKGlyph | 2174 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1016.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31608.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0620.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4F34 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AC7E |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4076 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5FC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6129 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5223 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5C37 |
| kJapanese | セン セイ サイ あらう |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1671 |
| kJapaneseKun | ARAU ARAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEN |
| kJis0 | 3286 |
| kKangXi | 0620.110 |
| kKorean | SEY SEN |
| kLau | 2632 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3156 |
| kMandarin | xǐ |
| kMatthews | 2465 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2542 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015281 |
| kMorohashi | 17379 |
| kNelson | 2551 |
| kPhonetic | 1114 1199 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2714+85.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.6 |
| kSBGY | 269.36 288.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 363.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xǐ粵sai2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3156 |
| kTang | *sěi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 394.100:xǐ 398.170:xiǎn |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tẩy |
| kXerox | 245:047 |
| kXHC1983 | 1234.060:xǐ 1249.030:xiǎn |