誇

See also 夸

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

誇 (simplified 夸, Yale kwa1)

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Japanese

Kanji

誇 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こ (ko), か (ka)
• Kun: ほこる (hokoru), ほこり (hokori)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

誇 (simplified 夸, pinyin kuā (kua1), kuàng (kuang4), Wade-Giles k'ua¹, k'uang⁴)