JLPT N3 · Chores

皿洗い

さらあらい

washing dishes

Stroke order of 皿洗い

3 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

皿 · 5 strokes洗 · 9 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

皿 is a drawn dish, 洗 is water 氵 ahead of 先: water in front of the dish, plus い kana.

Parts: 皿 dish + 洗 wash + い kana

The characters in 皿洗い

皿さら — plate; dish (5 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

夜は私が皿洗いをします。

よるはわたしがさらあらいをします。

I wash the dishes at night.

Words with 皿

皿plate; dish 灰皿ashtray

Words with 洗

洗うto wash お手洗いrestroom 洗剤detergent 洗濯機washing machine 洗濯laundry; washing

More words: Chores

家事housework 干すto hang out to dry 畳むto fold 拭くto wipe 掃くto sweep 汚れdirt; stain 汚すto make dirty 散らかるto be messy 散らかすto scatter; to mess up 洗剤detergent 雑巾cleaning rag 分別sorting (garbage)

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