漱

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to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To gargle 欶 water 氵; 欶 also provides the pronunciation

Components 氵欶

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
漱口水	shù kǒu shuǐ	mouthwash
夏目漱石	Xià mù Shù shí	Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists
枕石漱流	zhěn shí shù liú	to live a hermit's life (in seclusion); a frugal life (idiom)
枕岩漱流	zhěn yán shù liú	see 枕石漱流[zhen3 shi2 shu4 liu2]
漱口	shù kǒu	to rinse one's mouth; to gargle
漱流	shù liú	to rinse one's mouth with river water; (fig.) to live a hermit's life
洗漱	xǐ shù	to wash the face and rinse the mouth
漱洗	shù xǐ	to rinse the mouth and wash the face
梁漱溟	Liáng Shù míng	Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition