Chinese symbol for “brush”
刷
shuā
a brush; to paint; to daub; to brush; to scrub; (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brush is 刷 (shuā), defined as: 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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “brush”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刷子 | shuā zi | brush; scrub |
| 吹拂 | chuī fú | to brush; to caress (of breeze) |
| 毛刷 | máo shuā | brush |
| 擦 | cā | to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish |
| 掸 (撣) | dǎn | to brush away; to dust off |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brush”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.