Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
滌
Kangxi strokes: 14
Page 642, Entry 14
Pronounced di.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To wash or sprinkle.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin: In the tenth month, the threshing ground is washed.
Correct Meaning: To wash a vessel is called di.
Also, the intensity of drought. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Great Ya: The mountains and rivers are parched.
Also, a warm breeze. Suihua Jili (Records of the Seasons and Splendors): The wind is warm, and the trees gradually flourish.
Also, a type of clear, fermented wine. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices: Officials in charge of sacrificial vessels prepare all types of wine. Commentary: The character for prepare is read like di. Di-zhuo refers to mixing with water and filtering it. Today, the people of Qi call clear wine di.
Also, a room for raising sacrificial animals. Book of Rites (Liji), Suburban Sacrifice: The imperial oxen must be kept in the di room for three months.
Also, pronounced tiao. Another word for a room for raising sacrificial animals.
Also, rhyming with the pronunciation of duo. Ban Gu, Western Capital Rhapsody: Succeeding the desolate states of a hundred kings, relying on the sweeping away of creation. Embodied in the origin, establishing the regulations, following heaven to create.