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栝

guā

Character

What 栝 means

1. Juniperus chinensis
2. measuring-frame

Words containing 栝

• 檃栝yǐn kuòstraightening machine; also pr. yǐn guā

Characters built on 舌

These share the phonetic component 舌 (shé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 刮guāto scrape; to blow; to shave
• 鸹guāused in 老鸹

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
• 鸹used in 老鸹
• 劀(archaic) to scrape away decayed flesh or pus
• 筈arrow end
• 䯄piebald horse