刮 is also the simplified spelling of 颳.

刮

Mandarin · pinyin guā

Meanings

  1. to scrape
  2. to blow
  3. to shave
  4. to plunder
  5. to extort
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刮
guā · shave, pare off, scrape
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to shave; to pare off; to scrape
  2. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 颳 /刮 (guā, “to blow”)
  3. to wipe; to sweep
  4. to plunder; to extort
  5. (colloquial) to reprimand; to scold
  6. (Cantonese, slang) to find someone

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) to shave; to scrape
  2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) to shave; to scrape — (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to dig out (dirt, filth, rotting part, etc.)

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Hakka) very

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