jiān​dí

wash

jiān, zàn, zhǎn wash

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
qián in front

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslen
ʔslens
ʔsleːn
zleːn

說文解字

水。出蜀郡緜虒玉壘山,東南入江。从水前聲。一曰手𤃬之。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

wash Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
tiáo clause

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

wash Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

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