涮 (shuàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to rinse”. It is written from 氵 (water (left-side form)) and 刷 (brush; to brush; to scrub), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.
Build the character for “to rinse; to dip-boil”
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Structure
氵 + 刷
Left–right structure
Structure from: makemeahanzi dictionary (⿰氵刷; pictophonetic, semantic 氵, phonetic 刷) + cjkvi-ids U+6DAE ⿰氵刷
Memory aid
Brush (刷) something through water (氵): swish thin slices back and forth in boiling broth — that quick rinse-and-cook is 涮.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 涮羊肉shuàn yáng ròuinstant-boiled mutton (thin lamb slices dipped in hot-pot broth)涮 = shuàn
- 涮洗shuàn xǐto rinse; to wash by swishing in water涮 = shuàn
Go deeper
All readings
to rinse; to dip-boil
to rinse; to swill; to instant-boil thin slices of food in hot broth
把东西放在水里摆动着冲洗；把肉片等放在滚水里烫一下就取出来蘸作料吃。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 涮羊肉shuàn yáng ròuinstant-boiled mutton (thin lamb slices dipped in hot-pot broth)涮 = shuàn
- 涮洗shuàn xǐto rinse; to wash by swishing in water涮 = shuàn
Sound component
刷 family rime near
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 涮 mean?
涮 (shuàn) means to rinse; to swill; to instant-boil thin slices of food in hot broth.
How do you pronounce 涮?
It is pronounced shuàn.
What parts is 涮 made of?
氵 (water (left-side form)) and 刷 (brush; to brush; to scrub), side by side. The recorded source is: makemeahanzi dictionary (⿰氵刷; pictophonetic, semantic 氵, phonetic 刷) + cjkvi-ids U+6DAE ⿰氵刷. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 涮 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 涮?
氵. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 涮?
Common ones are 涮羊肉 and 涮洗. The reading of 涮 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.