刷
刷 — Printing
printing, print, brush
On’yomiサツ (satsu)
Kun’yomiする (suru)
Kun’yomi-ずり (zuri)
Kun’yomi-ずり (zuri)
Kun’yomiはく (haku)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 刷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 印刷 | いんさつ insatsu | printing |
| 刷新 | さっしん sasshin | reform; renovation |
| 刷る | する suru | to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold |
| 刷り | すり suri | printing |
| 印刷機 | いんさつき insatsuki | printing press |
| 凸版印刷 | とっぱんいんさつ toppaninsatsu | letterpress; relief printing |
Study notes
刷 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1352 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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