# 廁

| 廁 | U+5EC1, &#24257; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EC1 |
| ← 廀 [U+5EC0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 廂 → [U+5EC2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

廁 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈月金弓 (IBCN), four-corner 0022$_0$, composition ⿸广則)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 348, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9410
* Dae Jaweon: page 659, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 893, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5EC1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 廁 | *sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ |
| 則 | *ʔsɯːɡ |
| 賊 | *zɯːɡ |
| 鰂 | *zɯːɡ |
| 鱡 | *zɯːɡ |
| 蠈 | *zɯːɡ |
| 側 | *ʔsrɯɡ |
| 萴 | *ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ |
| 測 | *sʰrɯɡ |
| 惻 | *sʰrɯɡ |
| 崱 | *zrɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ): semantic 广 + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ).

### Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ts(j)i-t/n (“urine; to urinate”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cè, sì (ce$^4$, si$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ, ㄙˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ce$^2$ / si$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): cet$^6$ / ci
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhet
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cêd$^5$ / ci$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ceh$^4$ / cah$^4$ / si$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): chă̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳ / cháik
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chheh / chhè / chhek / chhiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cê$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cr$^4$ / sr$^1$ / ze$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cè
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cè
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tsè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tseh
*** Palladius: цэ (cɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sì → si (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ → ˙ㄙ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si̊h
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^5$
*** Yale: sz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .syh
*** Palladius: сы (sy)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹/ → /sz̩/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ce$^2$ / si$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ce / s
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ²¹/, /sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^3$
*** Yale: chi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬu³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: cet$^6$ / ci
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛt̚⁵/, /t͡sʰz̩/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhet
*** Hakka Romanization System: ced$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ced$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰet̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cêd$^5$ / ci$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɛt̚¹/, /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ceh$^4$ / cah$^4$ / si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəʔ²/, /t͡sʰaʔ²/, /sz̩¹¹/
* ceh4 - literary;
* cah4, si1 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: tsrhiH
Rime :
| Character | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 初吏切 |
| Baxter | tsrhiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]rək-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrɯɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrhi$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ]rək-s/ |
| English | latrine |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16594 |
| Phonetic component | 則 |
| Rime group | 代 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 廁 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰrɯɡs/ |

#### Definitions

廁
* toilet; lavatory

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 廁, 圊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廁所, 洗手間, 衛生間, 盥洗室, 化妝室, 化妝間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 東廁, 東司兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廁所, 洗手間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 茅房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 茅樓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 茅樓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 廁所兒, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 廁所, 茅樓, 茅廁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 廁所兒, 廁所, 便所兒, 茅樓兒, 茅房, 一號兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 欄子, 便所, 茅樓兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 廁所 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 廁所 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 茅樓兒, 茅所, 茅坑兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 廁所, 茅房, 茅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 廁所, 茅坑, 茅廁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 茅房, 茅廁, 一號, 茅子 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 茅廁, 廁所兒, 便所兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 廁所兒, 茅房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 茅房, 茅廁, 後茅子, 後路兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 茅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 茅子, 後頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 茅廁, 廁所 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 廁所, 茅子, 茅房, 後頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 茅廁, 後樓, 圈圈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 廁所兒, 廁所, 屎茅子, 茅子, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號兒, 一號 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 茅圈, 茅房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 茅圈, 茅房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 茅房, 茅子, 廁所, 後路, 後頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 茅房, 後頭, 廁所兒, 一號兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號, 一步樓 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 廁所, 茅廁, 屎坑, 糞坑, 茅坑, 灰屋 rural |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 廁所 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 茅廁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 廁所, 茅廁, 一號 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 屎缸, 茅廁, 茅缸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 茅缸, 茅廁, 茅房, 茅房缸, 池缸, 屎缸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 茅廁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廁所, toilet, 洗手間, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 廁坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 糞缸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 屎缸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 灰圍, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 廁所, 屎糞壘, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 屎坑, 糞壘 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 廁所, 屎缸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 廁坑, 屎糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 屎缸 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 糞尾仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 糞缸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 糞槽 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 糞寮 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 糞卜 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 糞六 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 屎欄 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 糞六, 糞廁 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 屎樓 proper, 糞坑 simple, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 屎卜, 灰卜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 廁所, 糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 茅廁 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 私房 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 廁所, 糞坑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 茅廁, 茅缸, 廁所 |
| Gan | Poyang | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Yugan | 東司 |
| Gan | Wannian | 東司 |
| Gan | Yiyang, Jiangxi | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 茅廁, 窖上 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 廁所, 灰屋, 東司 dated |
| Gan | Guixi | 屎窖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 廁所, 屎窖, 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 糞廁 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 糞缸, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 廁所 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 屎寮 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 屎棚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 廁缸 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Changting | 屎窖, 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 屎缸下 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 東司, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屎坑, 茅廁, 糞坑, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 廁缸 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屎缸, 糞寮下 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 肥湖, 灰寮 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 糞坑, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 灰舍 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 茅廁 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 糞坑 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 便所 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸, 糞缸仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 便所 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 屎坑, 廁所, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 糞氹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 糞氹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 糞氹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 糞坑 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 糞湖 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 屎窩 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 糞窩 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 糞窩 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 廁缸, 尿缸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 水間 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 沖涼房 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 屎缸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 茅廁, 廁所 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅缸 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 屎缸, 廁所 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 屎缸 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 茅廁 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 茅廁 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 茅廁, 東司 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 茅廁 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 茅廁, 東司 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 茅子, 茅房 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 茅子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 茅子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 茅廁 |
| Jin | Linhe | 廁所, 茅房 |
| Jin | Jining | 廁所, 茅房, 茅子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jin | Baotou | 茅房, 茅子 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 廁所 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 茅房 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 廁所, 茅房 |
| Jin | Handan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 屎坑, 東司, 廁所 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 糞厝 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 窖楻間 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 窖楻間 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 窖楻欄 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 茅廁 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 茅廁 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 茅廁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 糞坑厝, 糞坑, 廁所 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 糞坑厝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 糞坑厝, 糞池 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 糞坑 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 屎坑 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 烌樓 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 糞池, 糞池頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 屎楻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 屎欄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 屎坑 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 糞池, 廁所 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 屎礐, 礐廁, 廁所, 化礐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 屎礐, 廁所, 化礐 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 屎礐, 廁所, 礐仔, 屎礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 肚缸 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 屎礐, 尿間仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 屎礐, 便所 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 屎礐仔, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 礐仔, 屎礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 屎礐, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 屎礐仔, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 便所 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 屎礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 便所 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 屎礐仔間, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 屎礐, 便所, 染顏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 屎礐, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 染蠻, 沖水間 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 廁所, 礐廁, 屎礐 dated |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 東司 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 糞牢, 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 屎楻頭, 糞櫥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 屎坑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 東司, 屎缸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 廁所, 東司 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 廁所 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 東司, 屎缸 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 廁所, 屎礐, 屎圍 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 公司窿 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 恭房 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 恭房, 屎恭房, 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 恭房 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 恭房 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 糞池兜, 廁所 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 糞池兜 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 肥池 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 屎坑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 糞厝, 屎甕, 廁甕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 屎坑 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xinxu) | 廁所 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 茅廁 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 屎楻寮 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 屎楻 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 屎礐 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 屎楻間 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 屎缸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 糞缸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬桶間, 洗手間, 小便間, 盥洗室, 坑棚, 坑棚間, 茅坑, 一號 slang, 一號間 slang, 世界盃 humorous |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 坑棚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 廁所, 茅坑, 屎坑, 坑棚, 屎坑棚, 馬桶間 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 廁所, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Danyang | 廁所, 廁所間, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬子間, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屙坑間, 屙坑, 茅坑, 坑頭, 坑頭間, 坑跟間, 屙缸, 馬桶間, 衛生間, 廁所間, 廁所 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 茅坑, 尿盆間, 廁所 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 廁所, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 東司, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 茅廁 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 茅廁 |
| Wu | Yushan | 茅坑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 茅廁, 茅廁屋, 廁屋 suburbs |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 茅廁屋, 廁所 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 茅廁 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 茅廁 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 毛廁 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 茅廁 |

#### Compounds

* 公共廁所 / 公共厕所 (gōnggòng cèsuǒ)
* 公廁 / 公厕 (gōngcè)
* 坑廁 / 坑厕
* 女廁 / 女厕 (nǚcè)
* 如廁 / 如厕 (rúcè)
* 廁所 / 厕所 (cèsuǒ)
* 廁格 / 厕格
* 廁牏 / 厕牏
* 廁紙 / 厕纸 (cèzhǐ)
* 東廁 / 东厕 (dōngcè)
* 殘廁 / 残厕
* 沖廁 / 冲厕 (chōngcè)
* 男廁 / 男厕 (náncè)
* 登廁 / 登厕 (dēngcè)
* 茅廁 / 茅厕
* 踎廁 / 踎厕
* 黑廁 / 黑厕

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cè, cì
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ, ㄘˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cè
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cè
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tsè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tseh
*** Palladius: цэ (cɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^4$
*** Yale: tsz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
*** Palladius: цы (cy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^3$
*** Yale: chi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsrhiH
Rime :
| Character | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 初吏切 |
| Baxter | tsrhiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrɯɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16594 |
| Phonetic component | 則 |
| Rime group | 代 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 廁 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰrɯɡs/ |

#### Definitions

廁
* (literary) to mingle with; to participate in

#### Compounds

* 匽廁 / 匽厕
* 廁神 / 厕神
* 廁身 / 厕身 (cèshēn)
* 廁身其間 / 厕身其间
* 溷廁 / 溷厕
* 雜廁 / 杂厕

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cè (ce$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cak$^1$ / zak$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cè
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cè
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tsè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tseh
*** Palladius: цэ (cɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cak$^1$ / zak$^1$
*** Yale: chāk / jāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsak$^7$ / dzak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceg$^1$ / zeg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/, /t͡sɐk̚⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrɯɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 廁 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 16604 |
| Phonetic component | 則 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 測 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰrɯɡ/ |

#### Definitions

廁
* Used in 廁足／厕足 (cèzú).

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 廁 – see 仄 (“slanting; oblique; narrow; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 仄).

### References

* “廁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi)、しき (shiki)
* Kan-on: し (shi)、そく (soku)
* On: しょく (shoku)
* Kun: かわや (kawaya)

## Korean
### Hanja

廁 (eum 치 (chi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

廁: Hán Nôm readings: xí
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