Character: 刷
Modern (Beijing) reading: shuā
Preclassic Old Chinese: srot
Classic Old Chinese: srwat
Western Han Chinese: ṣwat
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣwat
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣwet
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣwet
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣwet
Middle Chinese: ṣwet
English meaning : to rub, scrape [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) скоблить, счищать; вытирать, чистить; щетка; удалять; пек. диал. выгонять; 2) красить; печатать; [shuà] отбирать; отборный
Comments: A later semantic development is 'to smear, paint > print'; Viet. loát 'to print' apparently reflects some dialectal form without *s- (which would yield a MC form like lwet). Guangyün has both MC ṣwet and ṣwạ̈t (reflecting a neutralisation of -et and -ạ̈t after retroflex initials, especially in labialised syllables).
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 2856
Karlgren code: 0298 a
Vietnamese reading: loát
