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涤

滌
dí
verb #59,836

Meanings

  1. 1 to wash; to cleanse
  2. 2 to purge; to wash away (figurative)

Examples

一场细雨洗涤了街道上的尘土。
Yì chǎng xìyǔ xǐdí le jiēdào shàng de chéntǔ.
A gentle rain washed the dust from the streets.
音乐仿佛涤荡着心灵。
Yīnyuè fǎngfú dídàng zhe xīnlíng.
The music seemed to cleanse the soul.

Tips

usage
Used in 洗涤 (xǐdí, to wash, cleanse) and 涤荡 (dídàng, to wash away, purge). It is more literary than the everyday 洗 (xǐ) and often carries a figurative sense of cleansing the mind or spirit.

Components

radical
氵 sāndiǎnshuǐ
water
The three-drops water radical 氵 (a left form of 水, water) is the source of the meaning: washing and rinsing with water.
phonetic
条 tiáo
twig; strip (phonetic)
条 (tiáo) sits on the right as the sound element; its reading has drifted from the modern dí. It contributes only the approximate pronunciation.

Stroke Order

涤 dí