刮

guā

shave, pare off, scrape

How to write 刮, stroke by stroke

to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort; to blow (of the wind)

Pictophonetic: semantic 刂 (knife), phonetic 舌

Made of 舌 + 刂

刮胡子guā hú zito shave
刮掉guā diàoto scrape off; to shave off (whiskers etc); (of the wind) to blow sth away
刮目相看guā mù xiāng kànto have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
搜刮sōu guāto rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
刮伤guā shāngscratch (wound); scratch (damage to an object)
刮脸guā liǎnto shave one's face
刮刀guā dāospatula; scraper
刮刮卡guā guā kǎlottery scratchcard
刮刮乐guā guā lèscratch-and-win lottery
刮擦guā cāto scrape
刮皮刀guā pí dāopeeler; potato peeler
刮胡刀guā hú dāorazor

我对你刮目相看了。
wǒ duì nǐ guā mù xiāng kàn le 。
I'm seeing you in a new light.
刮胡子时，我把脸刮破了。
guā hú zi shí ， wǒ bǎ liǎn guā pò le 。
I cut myself shaving.
他用铲子刮掉黏在地上的广告单。
tā yòng chǎn zǐ guā diào nián zài dì shàng de guǎng gào dān 。
He uses a spatula to scrape off advertisements that were stuck on the ground.
请刮一下胡子。
qǐng guā yí xià hú zi 。
A shave, please.
刮完胡子感觉很舒服。
guā wán hú zi gǎn jué hěn shū fú 。
It is pleasant to shave off my beard.