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Meaning of 刮
Pinyin
guā
Radical
刂
Strokes
8
Definition
to scrape / to blow, blow (of the wind)
Usage
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刮 [guā]
[verb]
1. 用刀子去掉物体表面的东西。
(To scrape off something from the surface of an object.)
Example: 刮脸 (to scrape the face); 刮宫 (curette surgery); 刮削 (to shave off); 刮痧 (a folk treatment for some ailments by scraping the skin to cause a rash to relieve inflammation).
2. 掠夺财物。
(To plunder property.)
Example: 搜刮 (to search and seize); 刮地皮 (to extort wealth from the people).
3. 在物体表面上涂抹。
(To apply or smear on the surface of an object.)
Example: 刮糨子 (to smear paste).
4. 风吹动。
(To be blown by the wind.)
Example: 大风刮倒一棵树 (strong winds knocked down a tree).
【本义】: 削，用刃平削物体，或把物体表面的某些东西去掉
(Original meaning: To shave off or remove something from the surface of an object.)
【造字法】: 形声。小篆作字形，从刀。
(Character formation: Phono-semantic compound; the small seal script form is a combination of a knife component.)
Synonyms:
1. 同本义 (scrape)
2. 扫拂;刷抹 (wipe out)
3. 搜刮 (plunder; extort)
4. 牵扯 (involve; implicate; drag in)
5. 被钩住 (catch)
6. 男女间挑逗、勾搭 (seduce)
7. 吵嚷，喧闹 (make a racket; clamor)
8. 象声词 (onomatopoeia).
如:
- 刮毒 (to incise poison; severe toxicity)
- 刮子 (slap in the face)
- 刮刷 (to scrape clean)
- 刮垢磨光 (to scrape and polish)
- 刮锅子 (to clean a pot)
- 刮磨 (to hone)
- 刮火柴 (to strike a match)
- 以瓦片刮疥 (to scrape scabs with tiles).
【引】
1. 《说文》：刮，掊杷也 (Guā, to scratch or graze).
2. 《广雅》：刮，减也 (Guā, to reduce).
3. 《礼记·明堂位》：刮楹达乡 (to scrape pillars and reach the village). 注:“刮，刮摩也。”
4. 《考工记》：刮摩之工 (the work of scraping and polishing).
5. 《史记·太史公自序》：采椽不刮，茅茨不剪 (unprocessed rafters and unmatched thatch).
6. 《三国志·关羽传》：医曰:“矢镞有毒，毒入骨，当破臂作创，刮骨去毒，然后此患乃除耳。” (The doctor said: "The arrowhead is poisoned, and the poison has entered the bone; we need to create a wound in the arm to scrape the poison from the bone before this problem can be resolved.")
将风吹动
1. 颳 (Guā)
2. (英:风)吹 (blow)
3. 唐·杜甫《前苦寒行》：冻埋蛟龙南浦缩，寒刮肌肤北风利。
(Excerpt: "The frozen buried dragons retreat in the south, while the biting cold from the north cuts the skin dramatically.")
Example:
- 刮风 (the wind blows)
- 刮水 (the wind stirs the water surface)
- 刮地 (strong wind sweeps the ground)
- 刮面 (the wind hits the face)
- 刮野扫地 (the wind sweeps across the fields).
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
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Input Method for 刮
Pinyin
gua1
Wubi
tdjh
Cangjie
hrln
Zhengma
mikd
Four Corner
22600
Unicode
U+522e
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category