掻 - scratch, rake, comb

to scratch

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm

lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine

struggle; writhing; wriggling; floundering

to cut; to slit; to cut open

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

(not) at all; wholly; entirely; completely; totally

draining a pond, lake or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)

being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch

superficial (knowledge, learning, etc.); shallow

to snore