刮

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

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,205 U+522E

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 舌 (phonetic, shé)

components: 舌刂

scrape · Heisig RSH #1515

舌 tongue + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 舌

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 舌 (shé) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
舌 sound component	shé	tongue; bell clapper
活	huó	to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
舍	shè	house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up
适	shì	match, comfortable; just
括	kuò	to embrace, to enclose, to include
恬	tián	calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil
蛞	kuò	snail, slug; mole cricket
栝	guā	a builder's frame for measuring
鸹	guā	crow

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
刮目相看	guā mù xiāng kàn	to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's imp…
刮目相待	guā mù xiāng dài	see 刮目相看[gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4]
耳刮子	ěr guā zi	(coll.) a slap on the side of the head
雨刮器	yǔ guā qì	windshield wiper
刮胡子	guā hú zi	to shave (facial hair)
刮皮刀	guā pí dāo	peeler; potato peeler
刮胡刀	guā hú dāo	razor
刮风	guā fēng	to be windy
刮刀	guā dāo	spatula; scraper
雨刮	yǔ guā	windshield wiper
刮脸	guā liǎn	to shave one's face
刮伤	guā shāng	scratch (wound); scratch (damage to an object)
刮刮卡	guā guā kǎ	lottery scratchcard
刮刮乐	guā guā lè	scratch-and-win lottery
搜肠刮肚	sōu cháng guā dù	to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
刮掉	guā diào	to scrape off; to shave off (whiskers etc); (of the wind) to blow sth away
顶刮刮	dǐng guā guā	variant of 頂呱呱\|顶呱呱[ding3 gua1 gua1]
刮擦	guā cā	to scrape
刮刮叫	guā guā jiào	variant of 呱呱叫[gua1 gua1 jiao4]
搜刮	sōu guā	to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry