CHINESE CHARACTER

筛 (shāi): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

shāi

screen, sieve; to filter, to sift

HSK 612 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

⺮

Primary radical

⺮ is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 筛.

师

Phonetic component

师 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 12

Write 筛 in 12 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

PRACTISE WRITING →

LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Vocabulary with 筛

筛选shāixuǎn

HSK 6 · to filter

筛shāi

HSK 7-9 · (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong)

筛查shāichá

HSK 7-9 · to screen (for disease etc)

FAQ

What does 筛 (shāi) mean in Chinese?

screen, sieve; to filter, to sift

How do you write 筛 in stroke order?

筛 has 12 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 筛?

⺮ is the radical in 筛. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 筛?

筛选 (shāixuǎn): to filter; 筛 (shāi): (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong); 筛查 (shāichá): to screen (for disease etc).