刮

See also: 颳

Translingual

Han character

刮 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中弓 (HRLN), four-corner 2260₀, composition ⿰舌刂)

Derived characters

• 𠵯, 𢯔, 𣈛, 𠟥, 𮢏

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 138, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1943
• Dae Jaweon: page 314, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 335, character 3
• Unihan data for U+522E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːd) : phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		刮
alternative forms		𠜜 劀

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 刮

1. to shave; to pare off; to scrape

   唔小心畀啲嘢刮嚫 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔小心畀啲嘢刮𰈍 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ siu² sam¹ bei² di¹ je⁵ gwaat³ can¹ [Jyutping]

   to accidentally scrape oneself on something

   • 走到廚下，把魚接在手內，拿刀刮了三四刮，拎著尾巴，望滾湯鍋裏一摜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     走到厨下，把鱼接在手内，拿刀刮了三四刮，拎著尾巴，望滚汤锅里一掼。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Zǒu dào chúxià, bǎ yú jiē zài shǒu nèi, ná dāo guā le sān sì guā, līn zhù wěibā, wàng gǔntāng guō lǐ yī guàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 颳／刮 (guā, “to blow”).
3. to wipe; to sweep
4. to plunder; to extort
5. (colloquial) to reprimand; to scold

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刮 – see 颳 (“to blow”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 颳).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

刮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、けち (kechi)
• Kun: けずる (kezuru, 刮る)、きさぐ (kisagu, 刮ぐ)、きさげ (kisage)、こそぐ (kosogu, 刮ぐ)、こそげる (kosogeru, 刮げる)

Compounds

• 刮眼(かつがん) (katsugan)
• 刮目(かつもく) (katsumoku)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 刮 (MC kwaet).

Hanja

Wikisource

刮 (eumhun 깎을 괄 (kkakkeul gwal))

1. hanja form^? of 괄 (“to cut; to shave; to peel”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 괄목 (刮目, gwalmok)
• 괄삭 (刮削, gwalsak)
• 괄구마광 (刮垢摩光, gwalgumagwang)
• 괄목상대 (刮目相對, gwalmoksangdae)
• 귀배괄모 (龜背刮毛, gwibaegwalmo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 𠜵 (quát)

Han character

刮: Hán Việt readings: quát
刮: Nôm readings: quát

1. chữ Hán form of quát (“to scrape off; to pare; to make thin”).
2. Nôm form of quát (“to shout; to storm; to yell”).