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Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口大一尸 (YRKMS), four-corner 04627, composition)

  1. exaggerate
  2. brag, boast
  3. flaunt

References

  • KangXi: page 1161, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3962, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8A87

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qaːls
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
*ɡʷraːs
*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
*qʰʷl'
*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*qʰaː
洿 *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
*ɢʷlaːʔ
*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
*qʰʷl'a
*qʰʷl'a
*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa, *qʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷaʔ
*qʷa
*qʷa
*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
*qʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷla
*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷraː) : semantic  (words, language) + phonetic  (OC *kʰʷraː) – to speak boastfully.

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kʰua⁵⁵/
Harbin /kʰua⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kʰuɑ²¹/
Jinan /kʰua²¹³/
Qingdao /kʰua²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kʰua²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰua²¹/
Xining /kʰua⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰua⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kʰua³¹/
Ürümqi /kʰua⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kʰua³⁵/
Chengdu /kʰua⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kʰua⁵⁵/
Kunming /kʰua̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /kʰuɑ³¹/
Hefei /kʰua²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰua¹¹/
Pingyao /kʰuɑ¹³/
Hohhot /kʰua³¹/
Wu Shanghai /kʰo⁵³/
/kʰua⁵³/
Suzhou /kʰo⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰuɑ³³/
Wenzhou /kʰo³³/
Hui Shexian /kʰua³¹/
Tunxi /kʰuːə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kʰua³³/
Xiangtan /kʰuɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /kuɑ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kʰua⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kʰuɑ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰwa⁵³/
Nanning /kʰʷa⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kʰwa⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰua⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰua⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰua⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰua³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xua²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15652
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷraː/

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

(gwa) (hangeul , revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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