刮

gua̅ = gu + a1

to scrape / to blow / to shave / to plunder / to extort

刮 = 刂 + 舌 : In front of the ashram (a1) a terrible wind is blowing (刮). Gitta Giraffe (gu) can only advance by cutting the wind with a kitchen knife (刂). The wind is so strong that Gitta's tongue (舌) is being pulled out of her mouth and getting longer and longer.

刮

颳

gua̅ = gu + a1

to blow (of the wind)

刮 character breakdown

刮
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 舌
  - 千
    - 丿
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 口

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

舌

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.