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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水人中木 (EOLD), four-corner 38194)

  1. wash, cleanse, purify
  2. sweep

References


Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰɯːw
*ʔl'ɯːwʔ, *l̥ʰɯːws
*l̥ʰɯːw, *l'ɯːwɢ
*l'ɯːw
*l'ɯːw
*l'ɯːw
*l'ɯːw
*l'ɯːw
*l'ɯːws
*slɯːw, *hljɯwɢ
*slɯːwʔ
*slɯːwʔ
*slɯw
*slɯw
*slɯw
*slɯwʔ
*lɯw
*lɯw
*lɯw
*l̥ʰɯːwɢ
*l'ɯːwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/dek̚/
Wang
Li
/diek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱiek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ dek ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˤiwk/
English wash, clean (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15483
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'ɯːwɢ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 沖滌冲涤
  • 洗心滌慮洗心涤虑
  • 洗滌洗涤 (xǐdí)
  • 浣滌浣涤 (huàndí)
  • 滌器涤器
  • 滌故更新涤故更新
  • 滌煩涤烦
  • 滌瑕涤瑕
  • 滌瑕蕩垢涤瑕荡垢
  • 滌瑕蕩穢涤瑕荡秽
  • 滌盡涤尽
  • 滌穢蕩瑕涤秽荡瑕
  • 滌蕩涤荡
  • 滌除涤除
  • 滌面涤面
  • 灌滌灌涤
  • 痛滌前非痛涤前非
  • 盪滌荡涤
  • 蕩垢滌汙荡垢涤污
  • 蕩滌荡涤
  • 蕩瑕滌穢荡瑕涤秽
  • 蠲滌蠲涤
  • 警心滌慮警心涤虑
  • 齊心滌慮齐心涤虑
  • 齋心滌慮斋心涤虑

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cheok) (hangeul , revised cheok, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏk, Yale chek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(địch, sạch)

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