dí
wash
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 條 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 滌
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to rinse | ||
cleaning agent | ||
to wash | ||
polyester fiber | ||
to clean up |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lˤiwk | dek | dí | wash, clean (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3218th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6ECC |
Shuowen | “滌,洒也。从水,條聲。” |
Sources
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