涮

shuàn = shu + an4

to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)

涮 = 刷 + 氵 : After brushing his teeth (刷) Sheldon Shrimp (shu) usually rinses (涮) his mouth with a bottle of water (氵) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).

涮 character breakdown

涮
- 刷
  - 刂
    - 丨
    - 亅
  - 尸
  - 巾
    - 丨
    - 冂
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

刷

shua̅ = shu + a1

to brush / to paint / to daub / to paste up / to skip class (of students) / to fire from a job

刷 = 尸 + 巾 + 刂 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is brushing his teeth (刷) in front of the ashram (a1) when a ghost (尸) appears right in front of him. Like him the ghost has a towel (巾) hung around his neck, but instead of a toothbrush, he uses a kitchen knife (刂) to brush his teeth to purposefully shock Sheldon Shrimp.

刷

shuà = shu + a4

to select

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.