Chinese Character 滌 Meanings and components.

Form

滌

Meaning

滌 meaning[3] in English

To Wash.

To Cleanse.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 滌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and strip (條)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EOLD

How to write 滌

To write滌di2to wash you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 條tiao2strip arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 條 = 滌

滌 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 滌 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 滌, looks as follow:

滌
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Wash . To Cleanse
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
條
Pinyin:tiao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Strip . Item . Article . Clause (Of Law Or Treaty) . Classifier For Long Thin Things (Ribbon, River, Road, Trousers Etc)
攸
Pinyin:you1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Distant, Far . Adverbial Prefix
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
攵
Pinyin:pu1
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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