Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 刷


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Meaning

brush, to paint, to brush

Pronunciation

shuā, shuà

Explanation

Left: bottocks in side view with cloth is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife

Mnemonic

At the bottocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush.

Radicals

buttocks in side view(This radical has the meaning: corpse . But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.)
cloth, turban
cut(It is typically at the right side of the character.)
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Vocabulary

印刷 yìn shuā print
冲刷 chōng shuā to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away
洗刷 xǐ shuā wash; brush; scrub

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