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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- shuan4
- English meanings
- to rinse, to trick, to fool sb, to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 刷.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
刷 is identified as the sound component (shuā). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 涮.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
to tie up
bolt; plug
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