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汰 おご.る、にご.る、よな.げる ご無沙汰(ごぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence無沙汰(ぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence S 7 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic I couldn´t find any reference to this kanji as meaning cleanse. It seems to be most often used in the following compound 沙汰（さた）to mean affair. The other meanings seem to be closer to ´select´ so maybe Heisig meant cleanse in the ethnic sense here.. I´m going to use the keyword "selection", as in natural selection. Story: natural selection first began in the water, and those that were too plump were selected out. 149

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タ、タイ luxury, select 1 水: water太: plump; thick; big around 水 4 (none) cleanse Water is used to cleanse a plump man´s colon.

Kanji	汰
Onyomi	タ、タイ
Kunyomi	おご.る、にご.る、よな.げる
English	luxury, select
Examples	ご無沙汰(ごぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無沙汰(ぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Components	水: water 太: plump; thick; big around
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	cleanse
Koohii Story 1	I couldn´t find any reference to this kanji as meaning cleanse. It seems to be most often used in the following compound 沙汰（さた）to mean affair. The other meanings seem to be closer to ´select´ so maybe Heisig meant cleanse in the ethnic sense here.. I´m going to use the keyword "selection", as in natural selection. Story: natural selection first began in the water, and those that were too plump were selected out.
Koohii Story 2	Water is used to cleanse a plump man´s colon.
RTK Index (new)	149

Write Call Visit Cleanse Writing Contacting Neglecting Long