刷 — Chinese character
刷
shuā
brush; to clean, to scrub
- Pinyin
- shuā
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 尸 巾 刂
- Formation
- ideographic — A person bent over 尸 with a towel 巾
- Japanese
- 刷 as a kanji
Common words with 刷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 印刷 | yìn shuā | to print; printing |
| 刷新 | shuā xīn | to renovate; to refurbish |
| 刷卡 | shuā kǎ | to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) |
| 刷牙 | shuā yá | to brush one's teeth |
| 牙刷 | yá shuā | toothbrush; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 粉刷 | fěn shuā | to paint; to whitewash |
| 刷子 | shuā zi | brush; scrub |
| 印刷厂 (印刷廠) | yìn shuā chǎng | printing house; print shop |
| 洗刷 | xǐ shuā | to wipe clean; to scrub |
| 冲刷 (沖刷) | chōng shuā | to cleanse; to scrub |
| 印刷品 | yìn shuā pǐn | printed products |
| 印刷机 (印刷機) | yìn shuā jī | printing press |
English words written with 刷
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.