What 刮 means
刮 means to scrape or shave.
刮胡子 means shaving; 刮痧 is skin scraping. 被上司刮了一顿 means a sharp rebuke.
Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, analyzes 刮 as 刀 (“knife”) plus 𠯑 for sound; its gloss is not the earliest meaning. The latter component later changed into the present 舌 shape. The Book of Rites, an early Chinese ritual text, uses 刮 for rubbing a pillar; later texts extend it to removing material, digging, and plunder.
Alone in a message, 刮 is an objectless verb; context supplies its sense.
Does 刮 mean scold? Only inside a phrase.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsShave facial hair.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 刮 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 刮
- Search it as
- gua · guā · scrape · shave · wind · scold · 刮风 · 刮痧
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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