guàn

wash

Depicts hands (𦥑) being washed by water () with a container () at the bottom for catching water.

Components
水 iconic component

  Iconic component

shuǐ

  

water

𦥑 iconic component

𦥑  Iconic component

  

two hands

Depicts two hands.

皿 iconic component

  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

盥 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
盥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

guàn

wash; to wash (especially hands)

Most common words with 盥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

盥洗室

toilet

盥洗

to wash up

to wash (especially hands)