Definitions

huàn to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); Taiwan pr. [huǎn]; also pr. [wǎn]
huàn variant of 浣[huàn]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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About

The character 浣 combines the water radical 氵, indicating its connection to liquid, with the phonetic component 完, which suggests the sound. Its primary meaning is to wash or rinse, especially laundry in water. During the Tang dynasty, an official holiday for bathing and washing clothes occurred every ten days, leading 浣 to also denote a ten-day period, specifically one-third of a month.