fú​zhuó

cleanse

fú, fèi exorcise

Components

Meaning component
shì show

spirit

Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjutpʰutCHECK
pjojHpo[t]-sexpel noxious influences
Zhengzhangpods
pʰud

說文解字

除惡祭也。从示犮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhuó, zhào, shuò wash out

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Unknown component
dí, zhái a kind of pheasant

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdræwHlˤrewk-swash clothes
dræwklˤrewkwash
Zhengzhangr'eːwɢs
r'eːwɢ
Unicodedjhak

說文解字

𤃬也。从水翟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica