Memory phrase for the character: 漱

漱

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Meaning to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water

Pronunciation

shù

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])

Mnemonic
 
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.

Radicals

氵 Water
欶 |a bundle 束 and to lack 欠
束 bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
欠 lack, yawn
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 Vocabulary

漱流 shù liú  to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
漱洗 shù xǐ  to rinse the mouth and wash the face
洗漱 xǐ shù  to wash the face and rinse the mouth
洗漱 xǐ shù  

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