颳 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

guā HSK6

blow (wind)

Phonosemantic compound. 風 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

風 Meaning component

fēng wind

𠯑 Sound component

guā block the mouth

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts.

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

𠯑 Sound component

guā block the mouth

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts.

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwaet	[kʷˤ]r[a]t	scrape (v.)

《說文》：“刮，掊把也。从刀，聲。”