漱(shù)

14 strokes

to rinse one's mouth with water

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Character information

Pinyin
shù
Meaning
to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 漱 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵欶

To gargle 欶 water 氵; 欶 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ欶shuò

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 漱 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 漱

Common words using 漱 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xǐ洗shù漱

to wash the face and rinse the mouth

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shù漱kǒu口

to rinse one's mouth; to gargle

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shù漱xǐ洗

to rinse the mouth and wash the face

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liáng梁shù漱míng溟

Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition

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zhěn枕yán岩shù漱liú流

see 枕石漱流[zhen3 shi2 shu4 liu2]

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zhěn枕shí石shù漱liú流

to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)

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Related characters

From 漱’s common words

洗口梁溟枕岩流石

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