Chinese Character 漱 Meanings and components.

Form

漱

Meaning

漱 meaning[3] in English

To Rinse One's Mouth With Water.

To Gargle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 漱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and to suck (欶)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EDLO

How to write 漱

To write漱shu4to rinse … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 欶shuo4to suck arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 欶 = 漱

漱 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 漱 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 漱, looks as follow:

漱
Pinyin:shu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Rinse One'S Mouth With Water . To Gargle
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
欶
Pinyin:shuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Suck . To Drink
束
Pinyin:shu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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