huàn

to wash

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

完 sound component

  Sound component

wán

  

complete

Evolution

浣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
浣 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
浣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huàn

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

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huàn

variant of [huàn]

Most common words with 浣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

浣熊

raccoon (Procyon lotor)

to wash