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浣

huàn

Character

What 浣 means

1. to wash
2. to rinse
3. any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
4. Taiwan pr. huǎn
5. also pr. wǎn

Other readings

浣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huànvariant of {浣|huàn}

Example sentences

• 我只是一只拥有电脑和 MIDI 键盘的浣熊。
  I'm just a raccoon with a PC and a MIDI keyboard.

Words starting with 浣

• 浣女huàn nǚwasherwoman
• 浣洗huàn xǐto wash (clothes)
• 浣涤huàn díto wash; to rinse
• 浣熊huàn xióngraccoon (Procyon lotor)
• 浣纱huàn shāto wash silk
• 浣衣huàn yīto wash clothes
• 浣雪huàn xuěto cleanse oneself of false accusations
• 浣纱记Huàn shā jìHuansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰鱼 from History of…
• 浣濯huàn zhuóto wash; to rinse

Words containing 浣

• 上浣shàng huànfirst ten days of a lunar month
• 下浣xià huànlast ten days of the lunar month
• 火浣布huǒ huàn bùasbestos cloth

Characters built on 完

These share the phonetic component 完 (wán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 院yuàncourtyard; institution
• 莞guānSkimmia japonica
• 鲩huàngrass carp
• 筦Guǎnsurname Guan

Characters that look like 浣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 脆cuìbrittle; fragile; crisp
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak
• 烷wánalkane
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water

Sounds the same

Read huàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 换to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 幻fantasy
• 患to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 唤to call
• 痪used in 瘫痪
• 焕(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
• 宦imperial official; court eunuch
• 奂excellent
• 涣to dissipate; to dissolve
• 豢to rear; to raise (animals)
• 轘to tear between chariots (as punishment)
• 鲩grass carp