荡
盪dàng
#1,422 most
frequent character
variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
荡 joins 氵 water with a sound part that is no longer a standard character. It first meant the name of a river. From there it grew to 'wash away', 'sweep away', 'squander', and 'move, shake'.
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