Character: 澣
Modern (Beijing) reading: huǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ʷārʔ (~ w(h)-?)
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)wā́n
Western Han Chinese: gwā́n (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: gwā́n (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gwā́n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwā́n (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gwā́n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣwấn
English meaning : to wash
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мыть(ся), обмывать(ся); 2) уст. декада
Shuowen gloss: **:濯衣垢也.從水.**聲.今**從完. [564]
Comments: The Old Chinese reconstruction is somewhat uncertain: labialised initials are not typical for this phonetic series. A reconstruction like *wārʔ or *whārʔ is thus also not excluded. Pek. 3d tone is irregular. Since Han (after *-r > -n) also sometimes written as .... (257 o).
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 2371
Karlgren code: 0140 m
Shijing occurrences: 2.3, 26.5
