Hot water 湯 wiping out plant life 艹; 湯 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (蕩)
Simplified (荡)
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Historical Evolution
蕩
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蕩
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蕩
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蕩
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蕩
Regular
Modern
Chinese
荡 / 蕩 [dàng]
to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (48)
荡妇 [dàngfù] #4,163
slut
游荡 [yóudàng] #6,992
to wander
淫荡 [yíndàng] #8,660
loose in morals
振荡 [zhèndàng] #26,896
vibration
动荡 [dòngdàng] #18,604
unrest (social or political)
放荡 [fàngdàng] #9,542
licentious
扫荡 [sǎodàng] #13,479
to root out
空荡荡 [kōngdàngdàng] #16,993
absolutely empty (space)
晃荡 [huàngdang] #15,979
to rock
倾家荡产 [qīngjiādàngchǎn] #19,236
to lose a family fortune (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (29)
見とれる [みとれる] #7,476
to be fascinated (by)
蕩ける [とろける] #10,770
to melt (and become soft or liquid)
⭐ 掃討 [そうとう] #19,622
cleaning up (enemy remnants)
放蕩 [ほうとう] #33,723
dissipation
脳震盪 [のうしんとう] #38,039
concussion (of the brain)
女たらし [おんなたらし] #38,133
womanizer
淫蕩 [いんとう] #39,853
debauchery
揺蕩う [たゆたう] #50,671
to sway to and fro
蕩かす [とろかす] #53,664
to melt (steel, etc.)
たらし込む [たらしこむ] #59,683
to cajole
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KOREAN WORDS (2)