誇

See also: 夸

Translingual

Han character

誇 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 1161, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35474
• Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3962, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8A87

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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／形声, OC *kʰʷraː) : semantic 言 (“words, language”) + phonetic 夸 (OC *kʰʷraː) – to speak boastfully.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuā (kua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôa
• Northern Min (KCR): kuá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kua
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa
    • Hakka Romanization System: kua´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kuá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa
    • Tâi-lô: khua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kua¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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 (Hokkien)	/kʰua⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰua⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰua⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰua³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xua²³/

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• Middle Chinese: khwae

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
Baxter	khwae
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʷʰ]ˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuā
Middle Chinese	‹ khwae ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʷʰ]ˁra/
English	boast
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誇

1. to boast; to exaggerate; to praise

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Japanese

Kanji

誇

(Jōyō kanji)

1. boast
2. be proud
3. pride
4. triumphantly

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kan’yō-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほこる (hokoru, 誇る, Jōyō); ほこり (hokori)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

誇: Hán Việt readings: khoa
誇: Nôm readings: khoa, khoe, sua, thua

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