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盥
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wash (alt)

HSK 10
Objects →Containers
guàn
カン
たらい、そそ.ぐ
관
Depicts hands (𦥑) being washed by water (水) with a container (皿) at the bottom for catching water.
Components
水 water+ 𦥑 mortar (举)+ 皿 dish =
盥 wash (alt)
水 Iconic component
shuǐ water
water, liquid, lotion, juice
𦥑 Iconic component
jú mortar (举)
hold with two hands
Depicts two hands.
皿 Iconic component
mǐn dish
shallow container
Notes
Similar Characters
冰 ice凼 pool氶 name of a (6c36)氹 ditch (alt)氽 to float汆 to parboil汞 element泵 pump浆 thick fluid (simp)淼 a wide expanse of water滎 county in Henan (trad)漿 thick liquid (trad)荥 county (simp)颍 river in Anhui (simp)尿 urine彔 to carve wood (trad)沓 crowded泉 spring眔 reach to學 study (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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)
盥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
盥 [guàn]
to wash (especially hands)
Japanese
盥 たらい 、 タライ 同音
noun usually kana tub; washbasin; washbowl
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
男の子はたらいの中でジャブジャブ水をはねかしていた。
The boy splashed about in the tub.
CHINESE WORDS (4)
盥洗室 [guàn​xǐ​shì] #15,722
toilet
盥洗 [guàn​xǐ] #62,321
to wash up
濯盥 [zhuó​guàn]
to wash oneself
盥洗盆 [guàn​xǐ​pén]
washbowl
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
たらい回し [たらいまわし] #49,438
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
金ダライ [かなだらい] #74,802
metal basin
馬盥 [ばだらい] #266,055
washtub for horses
たらい船 [たらいぶね]
tub boat
盥漱 [かんそう]
washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth