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浣

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to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); Taiwan pr. [huan3]; also pr. [wan3]

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Strokes
10
Radical
水 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
浣
Common rank
#2,845
Unicode
U+6D63

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Formation & memory

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How 浣 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 完 sound ( wán )

Components 氵 完

Words with 浣

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WordPinyinMeaning
火浣布 huǒ huàn bù asbestos cloth
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
浣衣 huàn yī to wash clothes
浣雪 huàn xuě to cleanse oneself of false accusations
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…
浣洗 huàn xǐ to wash (clothes)
浣熊 huàn xióng raccoon (Procyon lotor)
浣纱 huàn shā to wash silk
浣涤 huàn dí to wash; to rinse
浣濯 huàn zhuó to wash; to rinse

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 完 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
完 sound part wán to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
院 yuàn court, yard, courtyard; school
烷 wán alkane
莞 wǎn to smile; club-rush, Scirpus lacustris
皖 wǎn Anhui province
鲩 huàn carp
筦 guǎn key; pipe; to be in charge
脘 wǎn abdominal cavity