Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

刷: printing, print

Also: brush

JLPT N28 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

刂 carries the meaning · 尸 and 巾 are drawn in

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

サツsatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 刷新するさっしんするreform, renovate
  • 印刷するいんさつするprint
  • 縮刷するしゅくさつするprint in reduced size
  • 増刷するぞうさつするreprint
  • 印刷いんさつ
  • 刷新さっしん

するsuru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 刷るするprint [v.t.]

Also read -ずり, -ずり, はく, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Slice through it! This "standing knife" radical is all about precision and force.”
More in the ⺉ knife story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尸

Also built on corpse (尸)

All 18
巾

Also built on cloth (巾)

All 15
刂

Also built on knife (刂)

All 27

Also read サツ

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
刷 printing · 尸
vs制 system · 牛
刷 has 尸 where 制 has 牛.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shuā

Same form: 刷 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
刷 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
刷 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shuā most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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