筛 meaning and stroke order
(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection
How to write 筛, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 筛
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (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)
How 筛 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Bamboo.
⺮ gives the meaning and 师 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺮ (bamboo), shared by 149 characters on this site.
How to remember 筛
筛 is bamboo ⺮ on top of 师 (shī), which gives the sound. Picture an old woven bamboo sieve, the kind a cook shakes to let fine grains fall through.
As a verb, 筛 means to sift or filter, both for real things like flour or sand and for abstract choices like job candidates. The most common word is 筛选 (shāixuǎn), meaning to screen or select. Example: 公司正在筛选简历。(Gōngsī zhèngzài shāixuǎn jiǎnlì.) The company is screening résumés.
Common mistake: Learners often read 筛 as shī because of the phonetic 师, but the correct pronunciation is shāi, first tone. Also watch the top: the radical is bamboo ⺮, not grass 艹.
Common words with 筛
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 筛选 | shāixuǎn | to filter | HSK 7-9 |
筛 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 筛
How many strokes are in 筛?
筛 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 筛 mean?
筛 (shāi) means (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection. A common word with it is 筛选 (shāixuǎn), meaning "to filter".
How do you pronounce 筛?
筛 is pronounced shāi, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 筛?
The radical of 筛 is ⺮, which carries the idea of "bamboo". Dictionaries list 筛 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 筛?
The traditional form of 筛 is 篩. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 筛 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 筛 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 筛 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What does 筛子 mean?
筛子 (shāizi) is the everyday noun for a sieve or sifter. It is used for kitchen tools and for tools that sort sand or grain.
Can 筛 mean to pour a drink?
Yes, 筛 can mean to pour wine or tea, or to warm a pot of rice wine. You will mostly see this in older novels and some dialects, not in everyday modern speech.