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夸
夸
See also: 誇
Translingual
Han character
夸 (radical 37 大+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大一一尸 (KMMS), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱大亏)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 250, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5854
- Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 526, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5938
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 夸
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Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
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 |
Etymology 1
simp. and trad. |
夸 |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
- Wade-Giles: k'ua1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
- IPA (key): /kʰu̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kwaa1
- Yale: kwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa1
- IPA (key): /kʷʰɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Rime | |
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Character | 夸 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
Final (韻) | 麻 (99) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Closed |
Division (等) | II |
Fanqie | 苦瓜切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰˠua/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/kʰʷᵚa/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/kʰua/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰwaɨ/ |
Li Rong |
/kʰua/ |
Wang Li |
/kʰwa/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰwa/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kuā |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 夸 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
kuā |
Middle Chinese |
‹ khwæ › |
Old Chinese |
/*[kʷʰ]ˤra/ |
English | boast |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 夸 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 15648 |
Phonetic component |
于 |
Rime group |
魚 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
誇 |
Old Chinese |
/*kʰʷraː/ |
Definitions
夸
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 夸 – see 誇. (This character, 夸, is the simplified form of 誇.) |
Notes:
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Japanese
Kanji
夸
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Readings
Compounds
- 夸克
Korean
Hanja
夸 • (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa)
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