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
=
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.
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
=
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.
Characters with 刮 as component
刮
is not used as a component in another character.