浣 (huàn): to wash; to launder

Meanings

竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。

Zhúxuān guī huàn nǚ, lián dòng xià yúzhōu.

The bamboo rustles as the washing girls return; the lotus stirs as fishing boats glide down.

浣熊因爱在水里洗食物而得名。

Huànxióng yīn ài zài shuǐlǐ xǐ shíwù ér démíng.

The raccoon gets its name from its habit of washing food in water.

usage

浣 is a literary word for washing clothes, seen in classical poetry. Today it survives mainly in 浣熊 (raccoon, the "washing bear").

radical

氵 sāndiǎnshuǐ

water (radical form)

Left-side three-drop water radical, the side form of 水. Washing needs water, so it carries the core meaning of 浣.

phonetic

完 wán

to finish; complete (here phonetic)

Right side 完 is the phonetic element; the sound shifted from wán to huàn, a related reading.

浣 huàn