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JLPT N3 · Home & daily life

洗濯

せんたく

laundry; washing

Stroke order of 洗濯

2 characters, 26 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

洗 · 9 strokes濯 · 17 strokes

Memory trick

Water 氵 runs ahead 先 to wash, then water 氵 rinses pheasant feathers 翟 clean: that's doing the laundry.

Parts: 洗 wash (氵 water + 先 ahead) + 濯 rinse (氵 water + 翟 pheasant feathers)

Example sentence

毎朝、洗濯をします。

まいあさ、せんたくをします。

I do the laundry every morning.

Words with 洗

Words with 濯

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