wash

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

条 sound component

  Sound component

tiáo

  

clause

Evolution

涤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
涤 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
涤 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

wash, cleanse, purify; sweep; to wash; to cleanse

Most common words with 涤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洗涤

to rinse

洗涤剂

cleaning agent

to wash

涤纶

polyester fiber

荡涤

to clean up

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3218th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+6DA4


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