Chinese Character 刷 Meanings and components.

Form

刷

Meaning

刷 meaning[3] in English

To Brush.

To Paint.

To Daub.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 刷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𡰯) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with SBLN

How to write 刷

To write刷shua1to brush you should write a combination of 𡰯shi3 , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

𡰯 + 刂 = 刷

刷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 刷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 刷, looks as follow:

刷
Pinyin:shua1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Brush . To Paint . To Daub . To Paste Up . To Skip Class (Of Students) . To Fire From A Job
𡰯
Pinyin:shi3 Shape:吕
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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