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厠

廁
cè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) variant of 厕, toilet; latrine

Examples

旧书有时把厕所的厕写成这个异体字。
Jiù shū yǒushí bǎ cèsuǒ de cè xiě chéng zhège yìtǐzì.
Older books sometimes write the word for toilet with this variant form.

Tips

history
An old variant, not standard in modern Chinese. The current character is 厕 (traditional 廁), as in 厕所 (toilet). This form differs only in the outer enclosure shape.

Components

radical
厂 chǎng
cliff; shelter
The cliff-shelter radical 厂 suggests a built side structure; in the standard form this is the broader shelter 广 of 廁.
phonetic
则 zé
rule; then
The inner 则 is the phonetic; its reading has drifted from zé to cè, the same phonetic seen in the standard 厕.

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Stroke Order

厠 cè