shù

gargle

To gargle water  also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

欶 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

shuò

  

to suck, drink

Evolution

漱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
漱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shù

gargle, rinse; wash, scour; to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle

() 

shù

variant of [shù]

Most common words with 漱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

漱口

to gargle

to gargle

洗漱

to wash the face and rinse the mouth

梁漱溟

Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition

夏目漱石

Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists