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浣
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to wash

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
huàn
カン
あら.う
완
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澣.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 完 finish =
浣 to wash
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
完 Phonetic component
wán finish
complete, finish, settle
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
浣
Regular
Modern
Chinese
浣 [huàn]
to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); Taiwan pr. [huǎn]; also pr. [wǎn]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
浣 かん
Kan given name
CHINESE WORDS (15)
浣熊 [huàn​xióng] #10,145
raccoon (Procyon lotor)
上浣 [shàng​huàn]
first ten days of a lunar month
下浣 [xià​huàn]
last ten days of the lunar month
浣女 [huàn​nǚ]
washerwoman
浣洗 [huàn​xǐ]
to wash (clothes)
浣涤 [huàn​dí]
to wash
浣涤 [huàn​dí]
to wash
浣濯 [huàn​zhuó]
to wash
浣纱 [huàn​shā]
to wash silk
浣纱记 [Huàn​shā​jì]
Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
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JAPANESE WORDS (4)
浣腸 [かんちょう] #61,370
enema
浣腸器 [かんちょうき] #101,870
enema syringe
浣腸液 [かんちょうえき] #129,722
enema (solution)
洗い熊 [あらいぐま] #173,512
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)