夸
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See also: 誇
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Translingual
Han character
夸 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大一一尸 (KMMS), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱大亏)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5854
- Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 526, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5938
Chinese
Glyph origin
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷraː) : semantic 大 (“man”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa)
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
夸 | |
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Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kua
- Wade–Giles: kʻua1
- Yale: kwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
- Palladius: куа (kua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kwaa1
- Yale: kwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: kua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: khwae
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤra/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/
Definitions
夸
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kua
- Wade–Giles: kʻua1
- Yale: kwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
- Palladius: куа (kua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
夸
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuà
- Wade–Giles: kʻua4
- Yale: kwà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuah
- Palladius: куа (kua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
夸
- † Alternative form of 跨 (kuà, “to cross over”)
Pronunciation 4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎ
- Wade–Giles: kʻua3
- Yale: kwǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koa
- Palladius: куа (kua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ä²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
夸
- † Only used in 夸𡗸.
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 夸 – see 誇 (“to boast; to exaggerate; to praise; to commend”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 誇). |
Notes:
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Japanese
Kanji
夸
Readings
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
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