牙刷
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
牙刷 (yáshuā) · toothbrush
牙刷 (yáshuā) means “toothbrush”. It is written with 2 characters: 牙 (tooth) + 刷 (to brush). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 牙刷 is built
The characters
牙 yá · tooth
What 牙 is made of
牙 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.
刷 shuā · to brush
What 刷 is made of
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: A person bent over 尸 with a towel 巾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我买了一把新牙刷。Wǒ mǎi le yī bǎ xīn yáshuā.I bought a new toothbrush.
你的牙刷是哪一个？Nǐ de yáshuā shì nǎ yī gè?Which toothbrush is yours?
Questions about 牙刷
What does 牙刷 mean?
牙刷 (yáshuā) means “toothbrush”.
How do you pronounce 牙刷?
牙刷 is pronounced yáshuā.
Which HSK level is 牙刷?
牙刷 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 刷牙shuāyáto brush one's teeth
- 牙膏yágāotoothpaste
- 牙齿yáchǐtooth
- 牙yátooth
- 刷子shuāzibrush
- 印刷yìnshuāprinting
- 刷shuāto brush
Learn 牙刷 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 38: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.