涤 (dí): to wash, to cleanse

涤 (dí) is a Chinese character meaning “to wash.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 条 (phonetic). It ranks #2845 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 涤 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 氵 water10 strokesFrequency #2845氵 semantic条 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to wash
  2. to cleanse

Etymology & Origin

涤

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵条 (layout: left-right)

Components:氵semantic条phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
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9
10

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
洗涤xǐ díto rinse
洗涤剂xǐ dí jìcleaning agent
涤纶dí lúnpolyester fiber
荡涤dàng díto clean up
涤荡dí dàngto wash off
洗涤器xǐ dí qìwashing appliance
合成洗涤剂hé chéng xǐ dí jìsynthetic detergent
涤罪所dí zuì suǒpurgatory (religion)
洗涤间xǐ dí jiānwashroom
洗涤机xǐ dí jīwasher
耐洗涤性nài xǐ dí xìngwashing or color fastness
涤去dí qùto wash off
洗涤灵xǐ dí língdishwashing liquid
清涤qīng díto rinse
涤除dí chúto wash away
29
Total compounds
45
As first character
24
As last character
31
As middle character

涤 appears in 29 compound words: 45 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 涤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

洗xǐ
0.6503,360 co-occurrences
剂jì
0.530786 co-occurrences
燥zào
0.468174 co-occurrences
荡dàng
0.457144 co-occurrences
滤lǜ
0.445102 co-occurrences
淀diàn
0.42178 co-occurrences
烦fán
0.41854 co-occurrences
棉mián
0.406108 co-occurrences
苛kē
0.40242 co-occurrences
尘chén
0.40254 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

清晨的涤面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。

qīng chén de dí miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .

The morning river glistened with ripples, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.

Tatoeba

到洗涤槽去帮忙洗碗盘吧！

Dào xǐdícáo qù bāngmáng xǐwǎn pán ba!

Go and help wash up at the sink!

Character Family

氵 Radical Family — Characters sharing the water radical

澳ào滨bīn濒bīn波bō沧cāng测cè潮cháo澈chè澄chéng池chí

Related Characters

水shuǐ汉hàn汽qì没méi洗xǐ渴kě永yǒng求qiú河hé油yóu

Homophones — Characters pronounced dí

地dì低dī堤dī滴dī敌dí抵dǐ弟dì帝dì递dì第dì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 涤 (dí) mean in Chinese?
涤 (dí) primarily means "to wash." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2845 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 涤 have?
涤 is written with 10 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 涤?
The radical associated with 涤 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are the components of 涤?
涤 is composed of: 氵 (semantic), 条 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰氵条 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 涤?
Common words with 涤 include: 洗涤 (xǐ dí, "to rinse"); 洗涤剂 (xǐ dí jì, "cleaning agent"); 涤纶 (dí lún, "polyester fiber"); 荡涤 (dàng dí, "to clean up"); 涤荡 (dí dàng, "to wash off"). There are over 29 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 涤 (dí)?
Several characters share the pronunciation dí: 地 (earth, ground), 低 (low), 堤 (dike), 滴 (to drip), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 涤 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 涤 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.