Dong Chinese dictionary

guā

to scrape, shave

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

𠯑 Sound component

guā

block the mouth

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts.

刂 Meaning component

dāo

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

guā

to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort

guā

to blow (of the wind)

Most common words with 刮

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	刮	to scrape
	刮目相看	to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
	搜刮	to plunder
	刮风	to be windy
	刮痧	gua sha (technique in TCM)

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