刷扣
shuā​kòu

strum

刷 shuā brush

Depicts a person squatting (尸) and holding a utensil (刂 ) attached to a cloth (巾) to scrub or clean something.

Components

尸
尸 Iconic component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person squatting.

巾
巾 Iconic component
jīn cloth
刂
刂 Iconic component
dāo knife

Used here to depict a utensil held in the hand. The variant character 㕞 used the 又 (hand) component instad.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

唰涮

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrjwet[s]r[o]t (dialect: retains MC srj-)brush (v.)
srwaet[s]r[o]t brush (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“刷，刮也。从刀，省聲。《禮》：‘布刷巾。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

扣 kòu knock

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 口 represents the sound. Simplified form of 釦.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

口
口 Sound component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

筘

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːʔ
kʰoːs
Unicodekǒu
kòu

說文解字

牽馬也。从手口聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)