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	Simplified from this water 水
欶	\|a bundle 束 and to lack 欠
束	bundle	The 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	Like a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).

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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