厕
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(bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in
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How 厕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
厂 (semantic, “building”) + 则 (phonetic, zé)
How to remember it
toilet · Heisig RSH #1525
cliff + 则 rule
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 则
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 则 (zé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 则 sound component | zé | rule, law, regulation; grades |
| 测 | cè | to survey, to measure; to estimate, to conjecture |
| 侧 | cè | side; to slant, to lean, to incline |
| 恻 | cè | anguished; sympathetic |
| 鲗 | zéi | cuttlefish |
Words containing 厕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上厕所 | shàng cè suǒ | to go to the bathroom |
| 公厕 | gōng cè | public toilet |
| 厕身 | cè shēn | (humble expression) to participate (in sth); to play a humble role in |
| 如厕 | rú cè | to go to the toilet |
| 女厕 | nǚ cè | women's restroom; women's toilet |
| 毛厕 | máo si | variant of 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5] |
| 厕所 | cè suǒ | toilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4] |
| 厕足 | cè zú | (literary) to participate in; to set foot in |
| 厕纸 | cè zhǐ | toilet paper |
| 坐厕垫 | zuò cè diàn | toilet seat |
| 男厕 | nán cè | men's restroom; men's toilet |
| 坐厕 | zuò cè | sitting toilet (contrasted with 蹲廁|蹲厕[dun1 ce4] squat toilet) |
| 厕具 | cè jù | toilet fittings |
| 茅厕 | máo si | (dialect) latrine |
| 旱厕 | hàn cè | pit toilet |
| 蹲厕 | dūn cè | squat toilet |