guā

to scrape, shave

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

Components
𠯑 sound component

𠯑  Sound component

guā

  

block the mouth

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

Evolution

刮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刮 Regular script Modern

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

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)