Dong Chinese dictionary

shuā, shuà

brush

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

Components

尸 Iconic component

shī

sitting person

Depicts a person squatting.

巾 Iconic component

jīn

cloth

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.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shuā

brush; clean with brush, scrub; to brush; to paint; to daub; to paste up; to skip class (of students); to fire from a job

shuà

to select

Most common words with 刷

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sources