刷

刷 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸月中弓 (SBLN), four-corner 7220₀, composition ⿰𡰯刂)

• 唰, 𢯍, 涮, 𤷯

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1964
• Dae Jaweon: page 316, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 337, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5237

Historical forms of the character 刷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sroːd, *srod) : semantic 刂 (“knife”) + phonetic 𡰯 (). It represents the act of shaving something flat with a knife, and by extension, is used to convey the meanings of "to scrape" or "to print."^[1]

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s(u/i)t (“to wipe, sweep, rub, scrub”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan བཤུད (bshud, “to wipe”), Burmese သုတ် (sut, “idem”)^[1] (though STEDT mistakenly puts down 恤 (OC *sqʰʷiɡ, “to sympathize, compensate”) for the Chinese character instead).

刷

1. brush (tool)

   牙刷  ―  yáshuā  ―  toothbrush

2. (transitive) to brush; to scrub; to clean with a brush

   刷牙  ―  shuāyá  ―  to brush one's teeth

   刷碗  ―  shuāwǎn  ―  to wash the dishes

3. (transitive) to paint with a brush
4. (colloquial, transitive) to eliminate
5. (transitive) to swipe (a card, etc.); to scan

   刷信用卡  ―  shuā xìnyòngkǎ  ―  to swipe a credit card

   刷臉／刷脸  ―  shuāliǎn  ―  to scan one's face

   • 「嘀——」刷門卡的聲音，老師探出頭來：「早點睡覺啊。」 [MSC, trad.]
     「嘀——」刷门卡的声音，老师探出头来：「早点睡觉啊。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 August, 张雨笛 (Zhang Yudi), 我在建兰的一天, in 吴丹青 (Wu Danqing), chief editor, 《七年级课堂同步作文》, Shanghai: 上海社会科学院出版社, →ISBN, page 206

     “dí —” shuā ménkǎ de shēngyīn, lǎoshī tàn chū tóu lái: “Zǎo diǎn shuìjiào a.”

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (chiefly Mainland China, neologism, colloquial, transitive) to browse through (updates on social media etc.); to flip through

   刷手機／刷手机  ―  shuā shǒujī  ―  to check one's phone (for updates on social media etc.)

   這部電視劇太好看了！我已經開始四刷了！ [MSC, trad.]
   这部电视剧太好看了！我已经开始四刷了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le!

   This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!

7. (colloquial, transitive) to write; to finish (a massive quantity of works)

   刷題／刷题  ―  shuātí  ―  to do a large number of exam questions

   • 晚輔在我刷作業的忙碌中結束，我背著書包回到寢室。 [MSC, trad.]
     晚辅在我刷作业的忙碌中结束，我背着书包回到寝室。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 August, 张雨笛 (Zhang Yudi), 我在建兰的一天, in 吴丹青 (Wu Danqing), chief editor, 《七年级课堂同步作文》, Shanghai: 上海社会科学院出版社, →ISBN, page 206

     Wǎnfǔ zài wǒ shuā zuòyè de mánglù zhōng jiéshù, wǒ bèizhe shūbāo huídào qǐnshì.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

8. (computing, transitive) to flash

   刷固件  ―  shuā gùjiàn  ―  to flash the firmware

9. (video games, transitive) to grind

   刷錢／刷钱  ―  shuā qián  ―  to grind for money

10. (video games, transitive) to spawn

    刷車器／刷车器  ―  shuā chē qì  ―  car spawner

• (to eliminate):

刷

1. (dialectal) to pick; to choose

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. painting
2. print
3. brush

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: する (suru, 刷る, Jōyō)、はく (haku, 刷く)、はけ (hake)

刷 (eum 쇄 (swae))

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刷: Hán Nôm readings: xoát, loát, loạt, loét, nhoét, soát

1. brush; rinse
2. polish