The wind is cold today.
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刮
Traditional: 颳
guā
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guā · gwaat3 (Jyutping)
- to scrape
- to blow
- to shave
- to plunder
- to extort
- to blow (of the wind)
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Character breakdown
刮
- Meaning
- shave, pare off, scrape
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰舌刂
- Cangjie
- HRLN
- Four-corner
- 2260.0
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Example sentences
He shaves every day.
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