Kanji Detail for 浣 - "wash, decade"

浣

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
浣 means "wash, decade."
1. Wash - To rinse with water.
2. Decade - A ten-day period; from the Tang dynasty practice of giving officials bathing leave every ten days.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

wash

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to wash, to rinse

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); Taiwan pr. [huan3]; also pr. [wan3]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to wash, to rinse

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To wash. To clean the dirt from clothes. | In ancient times, there was one day of rest for bathing every ten days. Hence, ten days is called 浣. As in 上浣 (first ten days), 中浣 (middle ten days), 下浣 (last ten days), equivalent to saying first, middle, and last third of a month. | [Character explanation] Also written as 澣.
Onyomi

kan(かん)
Kunyomi

ara.u(あらう)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
wash rinse water decade ten day period tang dynasty practice giving officials bathing leave every