漱

shù
#3,396 most
frequent character
to rinse one's mouth with water

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

漱 first meant to rinse the mouth. 氵 water is the meaning part, and 欶 shuò, alike in the opening sound, supplies the reading. The meaning then grew to 'to gargle'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

漱shù
variant of 漱[shu4]

Homophones

HSK 3
树shù
tree
HSK 6
束shù
to bind, to tie, bundle, cluster
术shù
method, technique
述shù
(bound form) to state, to tell
数shù
number, figure, several, a few

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