刷

to brush / to paint / to daub / to paste up / to skip class (of students) / to fire from a job

刷 = 尸 + 巾 + 刂 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is brushing his teeth (刷) in front of the ashram (a1) when a ghost (尸) appears right in front of him. Like him the ghost has a towel (巾) hung around his neck, but instead of a toothbrush, he uses a kitchen knife (刂) to brush his teeth to purposefully shock Sheldon Shrimp.

刷

shuà = shu + a4

to select

刷 character breakdown

刷
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 尸
- 巾
  - 丨
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

尸

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating a crime scene with a corpse (尸) in front of the space station (Ø1). The victim's ghost (尸) is trying to give him hints from the afterlife about their killer.

尸

屍

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

corpse

巾

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

巾 = 丨 + 冂 : Joan of Arc has smuggled a dinosaur bone out of the encampment. To hide it, she covered it in maps and towels.

Characters with 刷 as component

涮

shuàn = shu + an4

to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)

涮 = 刷 + 氵 : After brushing his teeth (刷) Sheldon Shrimp (shu) usually rinses (涮) his mouth with a bottle of water (氵) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).

唰

shua̅ = shu + a1

(onom.) swishing / rustling