滌

• Physical Cleansing: To wash or rinse, specifically for the removal of stains or impurities.
• Ritual Purification: To cleanse in a sacred or ceremonial sense.
• Metaphorical Purging: To "sweep away," eradicate, or clear out (e.g., 滌蕩, referring to the total clearing of territory or the mind).

Primarily functions as a transitive verb. Often operates as an intensive; its use typically signals that the action of cleaning is comprehensive or absolute.

• Vs. 洗 (xǐ): While both mean "to wash," 滌 carries a stronger connotation of thoroughness and the removal/flushing out of undesirable elements, whereas 洗 is often a general act of cleaning.
• Relation to 汰 (tài): While these terms overlap in the use of water to remove unwanted material, 汰 frequently leans toward culling or selecting by washing away the inferior, whereas 滌 focuses on the resulting purity or cleanliness.

• Tang-period reading: dhek.
• Variant form: U+6DA4 (汰).