涮 (shuàn): to rinse, to trick, to fool sb

涮 (shuàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to rinse.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 刷 (phonetic). It ranks #2997 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 涮 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 氵 water11 strokesFrequency #2997氵 semantic刷 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to rinse
  2. to trick
  3. to fool sb

Etymology & Origin

涮

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵刷 (layout: left-right)

Components:氵semantic刷phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
开涮kāi shuàn(coll.) to make fun of (sb)
涮锅子shuàn guō zihot pot
涮羊肉shuàn yáng ròuMongolian hot pot
涮火锅shuàn huǒ guōsee 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuan4 guo1 zi5]
涮涮锅shuàn shuàn guōshabu-shabu (loanword)
5
Total compounds
80
As first character
20
As last character
0
As middle character

涮 appears in 5 compound words: 80 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 涮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

辣là
0.520210 co-occurrences
锅guō
0.511120 co-occurrences
羊yáng
0.488282 co-occurrences
肉ròu
0.483402 co-occurrences
匙chí
0.45160 co-occurrences
烤kǎo
0.43554 co-occurrences
煮zhǔ
0.42954 co-occurrences
牛niú
0.426234 co-occurrences
洗xǐ
0.38272 co-occurrences
鼻bí
0.37848 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这条涮流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。

zhè tiáo shuàn liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .

This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.

Character Family

氵 Radical Family — Characters sharing the water radical

澳ào滨bīn濒bīn波bō沧cāng测cè潮cháo澈chè澄chéng池chí

Related Characters

水shuǐ汉hàn汽qì没méi洗xǐ渴kě永yǒng求qiú河hé油yóu

Homophones — Characters pronounced shuàn

拴shuān栓shuān

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 涮 (shuàn) mean in Chinese?
涮 (shuàn) primarily means "to rinse." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2997 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 涮 have?
涮 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 涮?
The radical associated with 涮 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are the components of 涮?
涮 is composed of: 氵 (semantic), 刷 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰氵刷 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 涮?
Common words with 涮 include: 开涮 (kāi shuàn, "(coll.) to make fun of (sb)"); 涮锅子 (shuàn guō zi, "hot pot"); 涮羊肉 (shuàn yáng ròu, "Mongolian hot pot"); 涮火锅 (shuàn huǒ guō, "see 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuan4 guo1 zi5]"); 涮涮锅 (shuàn shuàn guō, "shabu-shabu (loanword)"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 涮 (shuàn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation shuàn: 拴 (to tie up), 栓 (bottle stopper). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 涮 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 涮 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.