浣 meaning and stroke order
To wash, to rinse
How to write 浣, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 浣
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to wash
- to rinse
- any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
- Taiwan pr. [huan3]
- also pr. [wan3]
- variant of 浣[huan4]
How 浣 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Water.
氵 gives the meaning and 完 hints at the sound.
Radical: 氵 (water), shared by 467 characters on this site.
How to remember 浣
浣 combines water 氵 with 完 (wán, finished). Picture washing something with water until the job is 完, completely done and clean. 完 also hints at the sound, huàn.
浣 is a literary word for washing. You see it in set phrases and in the very common word 浣熊 (huànxióng), raccoon, the animal known for seeming to wash its food. Example: 我在公园看到一只浣熊。 (Wǒ zài gōngyuán kàndào yì zhī huànxióng.) I saw a raccoon in the park.
Common mistake: Learners often read 浣 as wán because of its sound part 完, but the standard mainland reading is fourth tone huàn. Also, do not use 浣 for everyday washing. Say 洗 (xǐ) instead, as in 洗衣服 (xǐ yīfu), to wash clothes.
Common words with 浣
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 浣熊 | huànxióng | raccoon (Procyon lotor) |
浣 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 浣
How many strokes are in 浣?
浣 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 浣 mean?
浣 (huàn) means to wash, to rinse. A common word with it is 浣熊 (huànxióng), meaning "raccoon (Procyon lotor)".
How do you pronounce 浣?
浣 is pronounced huàn, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 浣?
The radical of 浣 is 氵, which carries the idea of "water". Dictionaries list 浣 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 浣?
The traditional form of 浣 is 澣. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 浣 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why is a raccoon called 浣熊 in Chinese?
The name means roughly washing bear. Raccoons often dip and rub their food in water, which looks like washing, so they were named with 浣 (to wash) and 熊 (xióng, bear).
What does 浣 mean in old texts about dates?
In the Tang dynasty, officials got a day off to bathe every ten days, so 浣 came to mark a 10-day part of the month. 上浣, 中浣 and 下浣 mean the first, middle and last ten days of a month. You will mostly meet this in classical writing.