刷 (shuā): meaning and stroke order
刷 (shuā) means a brush, to paint; to daub, to brush; to scrub.
刷
- Simplified
- 刷
- Traditional
- 刷 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shuā · shuà
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Stroke order of 刷
刷
- shuā a brush; to paint; to daub
- shuà to select
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 刷
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shuā
- a brush
- to paint; to daub
- to brush; to scrub
- (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)
- (onom.) swish; rustle
- to swipe (a card)
- to scroll on (a phone)
- (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
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shuà
- to select
Radical and structure
- 刷
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 8 strokes · 𡰯 on the left, 刂 on the right
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Words with 刷
- 印刷 yìn shuā to print; printing
刷 in our stories
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她想起老师傅说过的一个古老方法：用米汤写字，干了以后什么也看不见，只有刷上碘酒，字才会显出来。
tā xiǎng qǐ lǎo shīfu shuō guò de yí gè gǔlǎo fāngfǎ yòng mǐtāng xiě zì gān le yǐhòu shénme yě kàn bú jiàn zhǐyǒu shuā shàng diǎnjiǔ zì cái huì xiǎn chūlai
She remembered an old method her teacher had described: words written in rice water become invisible when they dry, and only appear when brushed with iodine.
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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官员指着那把镰刀问：“这是谁的？”一个男人脸色刷地白了，正是那个借钱被拒的邻居。
guānyuán zhǐ zhe nà bǎ liándāo wèn zhè shì shéi de yí gè nánrén liǎnsè shuā de bái le zhèngshì nà gè jiè qián bèi jù de línjū
Pointing at that sickle, the official asked: "Whose is this?" A man's face went white in an instant: it was the neighbour who had been refused a loan.
From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 刷
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).