刮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

scrape off

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツ
Kun (native)
  • こそ(げる)
  • けず(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音gua1
  • 한글gwal
  • Hán-ViệtQuát

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+522E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰舌刂

Words using this kanji

  • 刮目かつもく目をこすってよく見ること。変化等に注目すること。close attention, (watching with) keen interest
  • 刮ぐこそぐto scrape off, to shave off
  • 刮眼かつがんclose attention, (watching with) keen interest
  • 刮痧かっさgua sha (traditional Chinese healing method)
  • 刮げるこそげるto scrape off, to shave off

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

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