盥
guàn

wash

Depicts hands (𦥑) being washed by water (水) with a container (皿) at the bottom for catching water.

Components

水
水 Iconic component
shuǐ water
𦥑
𦥑 Iconic component
jú, jǔ, póu two hands

Depicts two hands.

皿
皿 Iconic component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːnʔ
koːns

說文解字

《說文》：“盥，澡手也。从、水，臨皿。《春秋傳》曰：‘奉匜沃盥。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)