卫生间 (wèi shēng jiān)

Character breakdown

• 卫 (Wèi) · 3 strokes

  Simplified from 衛. Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound. The 行 component was deleted for simplification.

• 生 (shēng) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).

• 间 (jiān) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 間. Depicts sunlight (日) shining through the gap in a door (門).