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劀

guā

Character

What 劀 means

1. archaicto scrape away decayed flesh or pus

Sounds the same

Read guā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瓜melon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 刮to scrape; to blow; to shave
• 呱used in 呱呱
• 胍guanidine
• 栝Juniperus chinensis; measuring-frame
• 鸹used in 老鸹
• 筈arrow end
• 䯄piebald horse

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