print

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 刷 has eight strokes; its on-reading is さつ, and 刷る is read する.
• Basic usage: It appears in words for printing text or images and for renewing an existing state.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Same sound, different conjugation
  • 刷る means to print, and its past form is 刷った(すった). This differs from した, the past of する meaning to do.
• Printing and renewal
  • 印刷(いんさつ) is printing materials or photographs. 刷新(さっしん) means renewing a system or a store's image.
  • In 刷新, the ending of さつ becomes the small っ.