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漱 means 'rinse'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1902   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 9 words   Used in 14 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   すす to rinse
On    ソウ   シュウ   ス
Kun    くちすす   くちそそ   うがい
Right side is a rare kanji .
⿲  ⿰   () water   bundle   lack  
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漱 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 漱 is used 9 times, read 4 ways.
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ソウ : 4 words FIND ALL
washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth
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うがい : 1 word FIND ALL
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Most common form: うがい
gargling; rinsing one's mouth  (see also: 含嗽; often written with kana only)
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すす : 2 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: すすぐ
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to rinse (one's mouth); to gargle  (see also: 濯ぐ; often written with kana only)
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くちすす : 2 words FIND ALL
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to gargle; to rinse (the mouth)
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An additional すす.ぐ less common words include 漱 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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すす to rinse   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
スイ   みず water   
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