Chinese Character 刮 Meanings and components.

Form

刮

Meaning

刮 meaning[3] in English

To Scrape.

To Blow.

To Shave.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 刮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are tongue (舌) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with HRLN

How to write 刮

To write刮gua1to scrape you should write a combination of 舌she2tongue , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

舌 + 刂 = 刮

刮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 刮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 刮, looks as follow:

刮
Pinyin:gua1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Scrape . To Blow . To Shave . To Plunder . To Extort
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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