廁
cèsì

restroom

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 則 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
則
則 Sound component
zé rule

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrhiH[tsʰ]rək-s latrine

說文解字

《說文》：“廁，清也。从广，則聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

厕 cè restroom Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 则 represents the sound. Simplified form of 廁.

Components

厂
厂 Meaning component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
则
则 Sound component
zé rule

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode