盥

盥 · guàn

wash

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
guàn
Cantonese
gun3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

wash

Dictionary definitions & readings

盥 guàn · to wash (especially hands)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42570.030:guàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0412.020:guàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
122.100:guàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
guàn粵gun3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カン たらい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
관:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古滿 古玩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HXBT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7710.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0796.120 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
285.37 403.21 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0161a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+76E5
Radical
皿 · 108
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6129

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
盥
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kwanX · 古滿 · 山合一上桓見 · #1566
Middle Chinese
kwanH · 古玩 · 山合一去桓見 · #2650

PHONO-ML, source line 10562; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
941.601
kCowles
861
kDaeJaweon
1211.040
kFennIndex
268.12
kGSR
0161a
kHanYu
42570.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1211.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42570.030
kIRGKangXi
0796.120
kKangXi
0796.120
kMatthews
3569
kMeyerWempe
583a
kMorohashi
23041
kNelson
3123
kSBGY
285.37 403.21
kSMSZD2003Index
458.01
kCangjie
HXBT
kFenn
604I
kFourCornerCode
7710.7
kHKGlyph
2732
kMojiJoho
MJ018106
kPhonetic
397 1253
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-6E42
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF64
kIRG_JSource
J0-6239
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5D6D
kIRG_KSource
K1-5961
kIRG_TSource
T1-714E
kRSUnicode
108.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF64
kCCCII
214D40
kCNS1986
1-714E
kCNS1992
1-714E
kEACC
214D40
kGB0
7834
kGB1
7834
kJis0
6625
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4150
kTGH
2013:6129
kTaiwanTelegraph
4150
kXerox
272:273
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5806+108.5.11
kCantonese
gun3
kDefinition
wash
kFanqie
古滿 古玩
kHangul
관:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42570.030:guàn
kJapanese
カン たらい
kJapaneseKun
SOSOGU TARAI
kJapaneseOn
KAN
kKorean
KWAN
kMandarin
guàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
guàn粵gun3
kTGHZ2013
122.100:guàn
kXHC1983
0412.020:guàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 盥0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿴ Full surround

Shape description
(𦥑 surrounds 水) above 皿 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱⿴𦥑水皿$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱⿴𦥑水皿$(GHTJKP)

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