廁

Information about character(s)

Radical: 广
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 厕
Variants: 厠

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cè, cì, zè, si
Cantonese: cak1 ci3
JapaneseKun: KAWAYA
JapaneseOn: SHI SHOKU
Korean: CHI
Vietnamese: xí

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: toilet, lavatory; mingle with

CE-Dict: rest-room/toilet/lavatory

Soothill: A privy, cesspool; also called 西淨; 東淨; 東司; 雪隱; 後架; 起止處, etc. Ucchuṣma, v. 烏, is the guardian spirit of the cesspool.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a lavatory; a toilet; a washroom

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: lavatory; toilet

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《广部》廁清也。从广則聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【广字部】廁
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】初吏切【正韻】初寺切，𠀤颸去聲。【說文】廁，淸也。【玉篇】圊溷也，雜也。【釋名】廁，言人雜在上，非一也。或曰溷，言溷濁也。或曰圊，至穢之處，宜常修治使潔淸也。【史記·項羽紀】沛公起如廁。　又牀邊側謂之廁。【前漢·汲黯傳】衞靑侍中，上常踞廁視之。【註】應劭曰：牀邊側也。　又【韻會】高岸夾水曰廁。【前漢·劉向傳】北臨廁。【註】服虔曰：廁側近水。　又【廣韻】閒也，次也。【史記·樂毅傳】廁之賔客之中。　又【集韻】察色切，音測。側也。【莊子·外物篇】廁足而墊之。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （雜名）又名西淨、東淨、東司、雪隱、後架、起止處等。釋氏要覽下曰：“釋名雲：廁，雜也，或雲溷。溷，濁也，或雲圊。圊，清也。至穢之處，宜潔清故。”

CF-Dict: toilettes/W.C./latrines