刷
shuā HSK4

brush

  • edit character approved 刷 — "use 刂" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts a person squatting (尸) and holding a cloth (巾) with their hand (又) to scrub or clean something. → Depicts a person squatting (尸) and holding a utensil (刂 ) attached to a cloth (巾) to scrub or clean something.
    Components
    • + 刂 Iconic Used here to depict a utensil held in the hand. The variant character 㕞 used the 又 (hand) component instad.
    • - 又 Iconic

    Changed: hint, components

    edit character by Peter Olson

  • edit character approved 刷 — "verify" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts a person squatting (尸) and holding a utensil (刂 ) attached to a cloth (巾) to scrub or clean something. → Depicts a person squatting (尸) and holding a cloth (巾) with their hand (又) to scrub or clean something.
    Components
    • + 又 Iconic The modern form has 刂 (knife), but originally was written 㕞 with the 又 (hand) component.
    • - 刂 Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    刷
    8 strokes
    →
    刷
    8 strokes

    Source: animcjk → dong

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

    edit character by Peter Olson