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誇

誇

See also: 夸

Translingual

Han character

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

  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. 誇
simp. 夸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

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

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 誇
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 誇
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 誇
Reading # 1/1
No. 15652
Phonetic
component		 于
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 誇
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰʷraː/

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誇

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Kanji

誇

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Hanja

誇 • ‎(gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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