guā
scratch; shave; fleece; extort; blow; shaving
刮风了，把我的帽子都刮跑了。
guā fēng le, bǎ wǒ de mào zi dōu guā pǎo le.
The wind blew my hat away.
刮痧可以缓解肌肉疼痛。
guā shā kěyǐ huǎn jiě jī ròu téng tòng.
Gua sha can relieve muscle pain.
刮彩票中了一等奖。
guā cǎi piào zhōng le yī děng jiǎng.
I won the first prize in the lottery.
留 (liú)
keep
存 (cún)
save
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The Chinese character 刮 (guā) is composed of two parts: the radical 戈 (gē) and the phonetic component 刮 (guā). The radical 戈 originally meant "spear" or "halberd", and it is often used in characters related to cutting or scraping. The phonetic component 刮 is a simplified form of the character 颳 (guā), which means "to scrape" or "to shave".The character 刮 can be traced back to the oracle bone script, which is the earliest known form of Chinese writing. In the oracle bone script, the character 刮 is depicted as a hand holding a knife or a scraper. This suggests that the original meaning of 刮 was "to scrape" or "to shave".Over time, the meaning of 刮 has expanded to include other related concepts, such as "to scratch", "to rub", and "to polish". The character can also be used figuratively to mean "to criticize" or "to scold".In modern Chinese, 刮 is a commonly used character. It can be found in a variety of words and phrases, such as 刮风 (guāfēng, "to刮风"), 刮胡子 (guā húzi, "to shave"), and 刮奖 (guā jiǎng, "to scratch a lottery ticket").
