溉涤
gài​dí

wash

溉 gài water

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

既
既 Sound component
jì already

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkojH[k]ˤə[t]-sto wash
Zhengzhangkɯːds
kɯds

Sources

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

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

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)