刮 is also the simplified spelling of 颳.
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刮
Mandarin · pinyin guā
Meanings
- to scrape
- to blow
- to shave
- to plunder
- to extort
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- 刮
- guā · shave, pare off, scrape
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Mandarin tones
1 · gua1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 刮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to shave; to pare off; to scrape
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 颳 /刮 (guā, “to blow”)
- to wipe; to sweep
- to plunder; to extort
- (colloquial) to reprimand; to scold
- (Cantonese, slang) to find someone
character · Etymology 2
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) to shave; to scrape
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) to shave; to scrape — (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to dig out (dirt, filth, rotting part, etc.)
character · Etymology 3
- (Hakka) very
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