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CHINESE CHARACTER

shuā

刷

刷

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to brush

Numbered pinyin
shua1
English meanings
to brush, to paint, to daub, to paste up, to skip class (of students), to fire from a job, to select

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left (Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 尸; inside 巾.); right 刂.

  • Left

    ⿸
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  • Right

    刂
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰⿸尸巾刂

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    shuāyá刷牙。

    Brush your teeth.

  2. 02

    shuā刷xié鞋。

    Brush the shoes.

  3. 03

    shuā刷kǎ卡。

    Swipe the card.

  4. 04

    shuā刷qiáng墙。

    Paint the wall.

  5. 05

    shuāxīn刷新。

    Refresh.

  6. 06

    bǎ把wǎn碗shuā刷gānjìng干净。

    Scrub the bowls clean.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 刷子
  • 刷新
  • 刷牙
  • 印刷
  • 印刷术
  • 牙刷