刮
guā HSK6

to scrape, shave

刮 guā frequency
to scrape verb
To scrape with a blade or tool to remove a surface layer or smooth an object; to shave; to wipe or brush against.

也许我们应该给你刮刮胡子。

yě​xǔ wǒ​men yīng​gāi gěi nǐ guā guā hú​zi.

Maybe we should shave you.

to extort
To plunder or strip someone of their wealth; to extort through greed or corruption.
to smear
To apply or spread a substance like paste, plaster, or putty across a surface using a flat tool.
to reprimand
To scold or give someone a dressing down; to rebuke
to slap
To slap someone in the face (often in the context of a slap in the face or ear)
刮 guā
variant 颳
to blow verb
To blow, referring to the wind. (Identical to 刮 guā)

一阵狂风刮得门关了起来。

yī​zhèn kuáng​fēng guā de mén guān le qǐ lai.

A gust of wind blew the door shut.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,350th most common 23.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,989th most common 19.6 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.4 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
22.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
颳
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+522E

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)