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Kanji Detail for 漱 - "to rinse, to gargle"

漱

  • Meaning

    漱 means "to rinse, to gargle." Also associated with to wash.

    1. Rinse - To wash with water.

    2. Gargle - To cleanse the mouth.

    3. Wash - To clean by rinsing.

  • Four-character idioms with 漱

    • 枕流漱石 ちんりゅうそうせき Listen sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
    • 漱石枕流 そうせきちんりゅう Listen sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

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    • Verified meaning: to rinse, to gargle
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すすぎ, すすぐ)
    • Also carries these associations: to wash

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 漱

    Given names 漱(すすぎ)Listen 漱(すすぐ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gargle; rinse mouth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    gargle, rinse; wash, scour

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to gargle, to rinse; to wash, to scour

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

    To rinse the mouth. | When something is washed and eroded by water, it is also called 漱. | [Character analysis] Right component is 欠. Commonly also written as variant.

  • Onyomi

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    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

    su(ス) ス

  • Kunyomi

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    kuchisoso.gu(くちそそ-ぐ) くちそそ-ぐ

    kuchisusu.gu(くちすす-ぐ) くちすす-ぐ

    susu.gu(すす-ぐ) すす-ぐ

    ugai(うがい) うがい

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to rinse to gargle to wash clean freshen mouth oral purify refresh water teeth throat spit swish

Sentences including 漱

  • It is soseki that my sister likes best.

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