扢
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Meaning: clean
💡 Hand (扌) begs (乞) to be clean—rub it off!
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Character Story & Explanation
Archaeologists have unearthed that 扢 (gǔ) combines the hand radical 扌 with the phonetic component 乞. In ancient texts, it described the action of rubbing or wiping clean. It appears in classical poetry to depict cleaning away grime. Its alternate pronunciation xì refers to a specific historical ritual cleansing.
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