涤棉
dí​mián

polycotton

涤 dí wash Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 条 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滌.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

条
条 Sound component
tiáo clause

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

棉 mián cotton

Silk 帛 picked off a tree 木

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
帛
帛 Meaning component
bó silks

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmen
Unicodemiɛn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

滌 dí wash Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 條 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

條
條 Sound component
tiáo long strip

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdeklˤiwkwash, clean (v.)
Zhengzhangl'ɯːwɢ
Unicodedhek

說文解字

洒也。从水條聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)