浣
huàn

to wash

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澣.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

完
完 Sound component
wán complete

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwanX[ɢ]ˤo[n]ʔto wash clothes
Zhengzhangɦŋoːnʔ
Unicodehuɑ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica