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刮

guā

to scrape, shave

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

Components
𠯑 sound component

𠯑  Sound component

guā

  

block the mouth

刂 meaning component

刂  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

刮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

刮  

guā

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

刮 (颳) 

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)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[kʷˤ]r[a]t

kwaet

guā

scrape (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 10.0112% of movies

1989th most common character in movies

2350th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

颳

Unicode

U+522E

Shuowen

“刮，掊把也。从刀，聲。”


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