Unicode: U+5237

Pinyin: shuà shuā

Definition

shuā:* 用成束的毛棕等制成的清除或涂抹的用具。 ~子。毛~。板~。 * 擦拭,涂抹,清洗。 ~牙。~墙。~洗。印~。~耻(洗雪耻辱)。 * 剔除,淘汰。 ~选(剔除)。~掉。 shuà:* 〔~白〕色白而略微发青。 * 〔~俐〕形容动作很敏捷

brush; clean with brush, scrub

Structure

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_5237
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
91_F827
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
82_E83A82_E83B