刮

刮 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中弓 (HRLN), four-corner 2260₀, composition ⿰舌刂)

• 𠵯, 𢯔, 𣈛, 𠟥, 𮢏

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 138, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1943
• Dae Jaweon: page 314, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 335, character 3
• Unihan data for U+522E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kroːd): phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-krjat (“to scratch, scrape”), whence Burmese ခြစ် (hkrac, “to scrape, shred”) (STEDT).

刮

1. to shave; to pare off; to scrape

   唔小心畀啲嘢刮嚫 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔小心畀啲嘢刮𰈍 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ siu² sam¹ bei² di¹ je⁵ gwaat³ can¹ [Jyutping]

   to accidentally scrape oneself on something

   • 走到廚下，把魚接在手內，拿刀刮了三四刮，拎著尾巴，望滾湯鍋裏一摜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     走到厨下，把鱼接在手内，拿刀刮了三四刮，拎著尾巴，望滚汤锅里一掼。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Zǒu dào chúxià, bǎ yú jiē zài shǒu nèi, ná dāo guā le sān sì guā, līn zhù wěibā, wàng gǔntāng guō lǐ yī guàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. alternative form of 颳 / 刮 (guā, “to blow”)
3. to wipe; to sweep
4. to plunder; to extort
5. (colloquial) to reprimand; to scold
6. (Cantonese, slang) to find someone

   快啲去刮佢出嚟啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   faai³ di¹ heoi³ gwaat³ keoi⁵ ceot¹ lei⁴ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Hurry up and go look for him!

• → Thai: กวาด (gwàat)

刮

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) to shave; to scrape
   1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to dig out (dirt, filth, rotting part, etc.)

刮

1. (Hakka) very

   刮唔好意思 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  guad⁶ m² hau³ yi⁴ si¹ [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  very embarrassed

• “刮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、けち (kechi)
• Kun: けずる (kezuru, 刮る)、きさぐ (kisagu, 刮ぐ)、きさげ (kisage)、こそぐ (kosogu, 刮ぐ)、こそげる (kosogeru, 刮げる)

• 刮(かつ)眼(がん) (katsugan)
• 刮(かつ)目(もく) (katsumoku)

From Middle Chinese 刮 (MC kwaet).

Wikisource

刮 (eumhun 깎을 괄 (kkakkeul gwal))

1. hanja form^? of 괄 (“to cut; to shave; to peel”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

• 𠜵 (quát)^[1]

刮: Hán Việt readings: quát^[2][1][3]
刮: Nôm readings: quát^[1][3][4]

1. chữ Hán form of quát (“to scrape off; to pare; to make thin”)
2. chữ Nôm form of quát (“to shout; to storm; to yell”)