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Kanji Detail for 刮 - "scrape, rub"
刮
- Meaning
刮 means "scrape, rub."
Scrape - To shave off; to pare.
Rub - To friction against.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
scrape off
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
shave, pare off, scrape
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to shave; to scrape; to blow
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To scrape. Passing a blade flat across is called 刮; passing it at an angle is called 削. | Taking excessively is called 刮. Such as the colloquial 搜刮 (extort), 刮地皮 (squeeze the people). Meaning like a knife passing over, leaving nothing behind. | Extremely thin is called 刮瘦, meaning emaciated.
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